Terrific interview with TND's Roger Spottiswoode
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 12:46 AM
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 01:16 AM
I love to read interviews with this guy!
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 01:23 AM
Great find, zencat!
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 02:31 AM
Q: "Were you involved in the pre-production writing of the script?"
A: "Yeah, for instance, that was my idea to have at least a strong woman in the story -- not just an
Edited by Roger_Moore's_Bad_Facelift, 11 April 2004 - 02:39 AM.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 02:46 AM
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 04:54 AM
I wonder if the person who made the error is actually aware that they did it.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 05:38 AM
Roger Moore's Bad Facelift (is it really that bad?), you do have a point. But I liked the character of Wai Lin, and I think she worked as a "strong" Bond girl. Rather than the character of Jinx, Wai Lin seemed more convincing a heroine and and more mature as well. And unlike Jinx, I think Wai Lin was an example of the "007 equal" that actually worked, within the story. So I don't rag on Spottiswoode too much because he had success. It could have been worse, with Denise Richards or Halle in the role.
The part of the interview I was intrigued (and surprised) by was Spottiswoode admitting he'd been asked back for what would be TWINE. Now I wonder how TWINE would have looked and turned out with Spottiswoode at the helm? Would there have been much difference in terms of drama? Can we judge Spottiswoode on how he handled the bedroom scene between Bond and Paris in TND, and apply it to how he would have handled the Bond and Elektra scenes? For one thing, I'm confident the action scenes in TWINE would have been miles ahead easy.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 05:42 AM
Exactly. Far superior that way.Roger Moore's Bad Facelift (is it really that bad?), you do have a point. But I liked the character of Wai Lin, and I think she worked as a "strong" Bond girl. Rather than the character of Jinx, Wai Lin seemed more convincing a heroine and and more mature as well. And unlike Jinx, I think Wai Lin was an example of the "007 equal" that actually worked, within the story. So I don't rag on Spottiswoode too much because he had success. It could have been worse, with Denise Richards or Halle in the role.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 03:21 PM
I really stunned this is true. Not just that a typo became the title...but that they would be "afraid" to tell them. Can you image this happening in Cubby's day?Nice to finally have the story behind Tomorrow Never Dies's title laid to rest.
I wonder if the person who made the error is actually aware that they did it.
I don't believe Spottiswoode was asked back for TWINE. I think he's just saying that to put his own spin on things.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 03:28 PM
Really? Calling him a liar, then, are you?I don't believe Spottiswoode was asked back for TWINE. I think he's just saying that to put his own spin on things.
Personally, I wish he had done TWINE. Apted is, in my humble opinion, the most hideously wrong director ever attached to a Bond film. He did the most horrible job.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 03:32 PM
Well...I hate to say "liar"...I think it's just "spin" in a political/professional sense. "Yeah, they asked me if I wanted to come back, but I had bigger and better offers."Really? Calling him a liar, then, are you?I don't believe Spottiswoode was asked back for TWINE. I think he's just saying that to put his own spin on things.
Personally, I wish he had done TWINE. Apted is, in my humble opinion, the most hideously wrong director ever attached to a Bond film. He did the most horrible job.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 04:47 PM
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 05:19 PM
Not only is Spottiswoode versatile and a real pro, he's also one of those directors who really knows his stuff about editing - hardly surprising since he started out as an editor, working for the likes of Sam Peckinpah, Karel Reisz and Walter Hill. I believe there's a line in Pfeiffer and Worrall's "The Essential Bond" that calls TOMORROW NEVER DIES "the most tightly-edited Bond film in many years", or something like that.
Check out Spottiswoode's filmography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006854/), and ignore the likes of STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT. He really has had a very impressive film career, and The Powers That Be could do a lot worse than ask him back for BOND 21.
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Posted 11 April 2004 - 05:24 PM
I think you're right, Loomis. They praised it, to the ffect of it being a terrific film, and the first since Diamonds Are Forever to be under the two hour limit. They also gave the analogy of how to judge a Bond film, by the quality of it's villain, and Carver didn't dissapoint.I believe there's a line in Pfeiffer and Worrall's "The Essential Bond" that calls TOMORROW NEVER DIES "the most tightly-edited Bond film in many years", or something like that.
Spottiswoode made one of my all time favorites.
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 01:00 AM
I would LOVE to see that, McCartney007! You have my support on that all the way!!TND is certainly an underrated film. After I get some of my other projects finished I plan on writing an EDITORIAL about TND.
Icephoenix, agreed entirely. Speed ramps are tacky!
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 06:25 PM
Or were they just trying to avoid a lawsuit from Raymond Benson as he wrote about the same thing in Zero Minus Ten? Of course, it didn't really matter as they've plundered all the other writers' works anyway without credit.
But if they had this completed screenplay and only then realized it would be old news, it kind of makes that Tommorow Never Lies thing even more understandable.
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 06:30 PM
Hey, I look forward to reading that, Jordan.TND is certainly an underrated film. After I get some of my other projects finished I plan on writing an EDITORIAL about TND.
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 06:37 PM
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 09:16 PM
McCartney007, if you don't mind me asking as I'm very curious, what will you be concentrating on about the film Tomorrow Never Dies in your article? The entire film itself, how fans accept it, or soemthing totally different?
If you'd rather not say I understand, I just anticipate this since I think it's a terrific film.
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 09:21 PM
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 11:07 PM
BTW, if I think TWINE would have been better if RS directed it.
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 11:56 PM
I'd be interested because I thought Spottiswoode did a good job on Tomorrow Never Dies.
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Posted 13 April 2004 - 12:01 AM