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Terrific interview with TND's Roger Spottiswoode


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#31 Qwerty

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Posted 13 April 2004 - 12:02 AM

Well, I think the production might have been easier than Tomorrow Never Dies, as it would have been his second time directing, and The World Is Not Enough is wonderful for sure, but you do wonder sometimes, had other directors tackled a particular Bond film, such as the case here with Spottiswoode and TWINE.

#32 Turn

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Posted 13 April 2004 - 12:25 AM

Nice little piece. I still think TND is the most successful of the Brosnans. It's just plain good fun!

I agree completely. Not too heavy on the emotional baggage that weighs down the other three Brosnan films. He gets over the Paris thing and moves on with the mission, just like in the old days. It's lean and it moves.

#33 neversaynever

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Posted 13 April 2004 - 12:25 AM

I think the whole production of TWINE would have went along much smoother, and a crisper image on the final screen.

Who knows, it may even have made sense!

#34 The_Mole

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Posted 13 April 2004 - 12:15 PM

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.


Icephoenix... I've heard this before, but not from you...

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#35 Simon

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Posted 14 April 2004 - 10:59 AM

.............. film career, and The Powers That Be could do a lot worse than ask him back for BOND 21.

Totally agree.

#36 Icephoenix

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Posted 14 April 2004 - 11:19 AM

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.


Icephoenix... I've heard this before, but not from you...

Where did you get this motto?!

It's a common phrase :)

#37 glidrose

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Posted 06 May 2013 - 09:28 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. wink.gif

 
Lawsuit? No offense, but that's a pretty silly theory.

And if Spottiswoode had come back for TWINE, damn right it would have looked better. TWINE has to be one of the ugliest films of the decade, not to mention the worst photographed Bond film yet. Of course the script would have been entirely different as a lot of what did get filmed was due to Mrs. Apted (a.k.a. Dana Stevens).

#38 nickjb007

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Posted 06 May 2013 - 10:47 PM

Does anyone have an updated link for that interview?