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It is a cool interview :D
Same here. Sadly he said in an interview that he didn't think he'd be writing one anytime soon because he didn't think there would be much intrest :(
Aww that's quite sad but I can (sort of) see his point. Lets face it as an actor he's just not as loved and cherished as someone like Roger Moore or even other well known stage actors like Ian McKellen or Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't really have the same sort of widespread appeal.
I'd love an autobiography from him.
After watching North by Northwest last night and knowing Hitch's reputation with actors I wonder what it would have been like if he and Tim had ever worked together. I suspect that - despite Tim's praises - it would have been a verbal bloodbath that would make his spat with Glen seem tame.
-For TLD, several scenes are terrifically directed. The first shot of Dalton as Bond is one of my favorites of the series. However, it does feel at some points that he's trying to make a Roger Moore film with Dalton. The end result is a great film, but the potential for being so much better.
- For LTK, I like that Glen seemed to embrace Dalton's darker side but some of the scenes are just missing that emotional punch that could have benefited from better direction. My biggest gripe is the final scene when Bond is on the phone with Felix. It just doesn't have the impact it should. Felix is acting all smily and happy (maybe he was doped up on painkillers?). It kills me every time I see it. And there are a few other examples.
It just doesn't surprise me that Dalton didn't want to work with Glen again. And looking at Glen's other work outside of Bond, we're lucky that we had the films that we did. How would a 3rd Dalton film have been with a new director? That's one of the biggest "what ifs" in film history in my opinion.
When I heard about Dalton quitting the project, it was in the newspaper, and the stories there (at least two or three) all focused on script issues. Dalton signed on to do an accurate Columbus, with him being portrayed unflatteringly, pretty much as a driven type who didn't lose a lot of sleep over genocide. When the script started offering more of a 'hero' type, Dalton quit. It could be that was the cover story and these other bits are closer to the truth, but that's just gonna be speculation.
The thing with Glen is he didn't give useful direction, so whatever he did offer was probably taken by Dalton with less than confident support in its wisdom. Telling Dalton that Bond couldn't put his hands in his pants because he was a naval commander is the craziest thing anybody ever said, I mean Connery LIVES with his hands in his suit pants! Hell, everybody does it, it looks good and it is comfortable. Be careful where you put your hands Tim, but don't worry about your hair, which everybody is going to be staring at in your closeups!
I think Dalton really would have benefited from a more combative (assertive?) and determined director, somebody not as SETTLED as Glen had become, or a totally actor-centric one (though god knows Apted fouled up on TWINE with character stuff as bad as action, so maybe the latter is not a good idea.)
There are so many tiny things that distract in these movies, and they just should't be there. The way Dalton holds his hands when jumping into the boat and hanging from the plane in LTK should just not have been in there, it looks wimpy. Then again I can never get over how Lazenby swings like a girl instead of throwing punches during the OHMSS PTS, and yet he gets high marks for action from most, so perhaps I'm picky about this stuff!
I'm happy that I'm not the only person who noticed this. Dalton's overall portrayal was great but as far a body language goes Dalton was easily the worst. On top of what you mentioned Dalton had a way of walking where he stiffened his arms and flailed them around. A far cry from the smooth panther-like movements of Sean Connery or Daniel Craig.
By the way, great thread.
FYEO was a success, had that been a failure I don't think cubby would have brought Glen back. Then Octopussy happened which was another success so Cubby once again was like "dam this guy is good. 2 successful films in row? Let's make it a 3rd." I liked AVTAK, but I know 90% of the audience and critics did not. After AVTAK cubby should have not used Glen again. But he did and Glen bounced back with TLD. He lucked out big time And since he rebound with TLD cubby gave him another film to do LTK and it was a failure. And since Tim did not like Glen and wanted him gone for his 3rd film after the failure that was LTK cubby finally had enough of Glen.
Dalton like Brosnan deserved better.
Dalton's tenure should have got a new director and not someone who's most memorable Bond work was second unit on OHMSS, the irony being Dalton could have been Bond on that entry as well.