:00:00. > :00:39.The name is Tom broke and welcome to this special Spectre version of
:00:40. > :00:43.Talking Movies. We will find out if the picture is any good. If you are
:00:44. > :00:47.looking for anything that is in a James Bond movie, it is in Spectre.
:00:48. > :00:53.James Bond looks back on his brethren from yesteryear. Do you
:00:54. > :00:58.expect me to talk? No Mr Bond, I expect you to die. And with a
:00:59. > :01:02.51-year-old woman on board, is the franchise finally coming into its
:01:03. > :01:08.own in terms of depictions of women? He is finally with a woman
:01:09. > :01:12.who is mature, so I think it is revolutionary in some ways. And two
:01:13. > :01:17.will take on the role of James Bond once Daniel Craig calls it quits?
:01:18. > :01:20.They just have to make the films as good as they can. All that and more
:01:21. > :01:33.in this special James Bond edition of Talking Movies. Spectre is now
:01:34. > :01:36.very much in our midst, the 24th official Bond movie with Daniel
:01:37. > :01:40.Craig making his fourth outing is 007. It has been three years since
:01:41. > :01:45.the last Bond movie, sky fall, and the new picture is the most
:01:46. > :01:52.expensive Bond film ever made and is getting good reviews puppy it should
:01:53. > :02:04.be pleasing to a broad amount of movie-goers and not just James Bond
:02:05. > :02:09.fans who are delighted with all be allusions to earlier films. British
:02:10. > :02:14.critics had seen the film two days earlier, before the premiere, and
:02:15. > :02:18.most were impressed. This is the sum of all James Bond movies. Everything
:02:19. > :02:22.you want is there, from an Aston Martin car chase to a big brute
:02:23. > :02:28.hurling someone through a chain carriage -- train, to a beautiful
:02:29. > :02:34.woman, Q is there, even a fluffy white cat. Everything you want from
:02:35. > :02:38.a Bond movie is in Spectre. That the film is thin on plot doesn't seem to
:02:39. > :02:41.be preventing you from pleasing loyal audiences and it starts with a
:02:42. > :02:45.truly dynamic opening in Mexico City. The action thereafter takes
:02:46. > :02:53.Bond to Rome where there is a car chase in the Austrian Alps. This new
:02:54. > :03:03.picture arrives on the scene just after sky fall which broke records
:03:04. > :03:06.for a Bond film and won enthusiastic reviews -- Skyfall. The challenge
:03:07. > :03:12.for Director Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig was how to top it. We had a
:03:13. > :03:16.conversation about what we would do, but actually, once you start the
:03:17. > :03:20.creative process, you go, look, this is going to have to move on, we're
:03:21. > :03:23.going to make a better movie, we're going to move on and we said from
:03:24. > :03:31.the beginning that we want to celebrate what a Bond movie is.
:03:32. > :03:35.007. Q. Bond fans will notice much in this film familiar from past to
:03:36. > :03:39.James Bond adventures, from the evil Spectre, the criminal investigation
:03:40. > :03:43.that Bond is up against to the militant. The question is how to use
:03:44. > :03:49.things from his past in a new and fresh way -- villain. To make it but
:03:50. > :03:55.contemporary and classic, both retro and cutting-edge. This organisation,
:03:56. > :03:59.do you know which is called? Its name is Spectre. There is a
:04:00. > :04:08.political subtext in the film, warning that the dangers -- warning
:04:09. > :04:10.about the dangers when the government has total surveillance
:04:11. > :04:16.powers. I agree that cyber hacking is the problem, the great rest of
:04:17. > :04:20.today, but it doesn't make for a very interesting dramatic villain. I
:04:21. > :04:24.think computers on screen are always very dull, it is just people
:04:25. > :04:28.typing. For Daniel Craig, it was important that he did more than just
:04:29. > :04:32.play James Bond in this enterprise. I have been involved with it, I have
:04:33. > :04:34.been allowed to be involved in every aspect of the film we have been
:04:35. > :04:42.making and I filter modestly proud of it. -- I feel tremendously proud
:04:43. > :04:45.of it. This has been the high point of my career. Spectre is now being
:04:46. > :04:49.seen internationally after opening in the UK two weeks ago. As
:04:50. > :04:53.mentioned, the critical response at the time of the British launch was
:04:54. > :04:57.quite favourable. So what is being going on with critics around the
:04:58. > :05:03.world? Now we go to our correspondent. Mr Bond graciously
:05:04. > :05:06.lent me this Aston Martin so I could report on what critics around the
:05:07. > :05:10.world pick up a new film. Unfortunately, I may need to use it
:05:11. > :05:16.as a getaway car because reviews have been as mixed as one of James
:05:17. > :05:24.Bond's martinis. Critics in the UK found Spectre to be very good, with
:05:25. > :05:27.high reviews from several publications including the Telegraph
:05:28. > :05:30.and the Guardian soppy further afield, reviews from Canada were
:05:31. > :05:35.similarly positive but the Irish Times on the other hand, gave
:05:36. > :05:43.Spectre only three stars out of five. One of the leading pop-culture
:05:44. > :05:48.websites in Brazil called Spectre tired and declared Daniel Craig's
:05:49. > :05:53.acting to be dull. Why should I trust you? Because right now, I'm
:05:54. > :05:56.your best chance of staying alive. But it was in the US where
:05:57. > :06:01.Spectre's license to thrill was truly revoked. Multiple critics
:06:02. > :06:06.there called Spectre overly long, unsatisfying and in elegant with
:06:07. > :06:12.Forbes magazine going so far as to call Spectre, the worst Bond film in
:06:13. > :06:16.30 years. Shocking. Positively shocking. But even if Spectre has
:06:17. > :06:20.left some critics called, the film is poised to shatter worldwide box
:06:21. > :06:30.office records and has already done so in the UK. One thing is certain,
:06:31. > :06:36.James Bond will return. Bond cars are very much part of Bond's world.
:06:37. > :06:39.It is quite a masculine universe that James Bond inhabits and he is
:06:40. > :06:44.no paragon of feminist virtue but the new film does go some way
:06:45. > :06:47.towards addressing concerns that the franchise is overly sexist with its
:06:48. > :06:55.focus on alluring Bond girls who are often quite disposable. Now we go to
:06:56. > :07:00.our correspondent. This classic image of Ursula Andress walking out
:07:01. > :07:06.of the ocean in the first part of the movie Doctor Note was in 1962
:07:07. > :07:08.and was the version of the Bond girl that became seared into the mind of
:07:09. > :07:13.a generation of movie-goers. According to this actress who plays
:07:14. > :07:18.a Bond girl in this film come there has thirdly been an evolution in the
:07:19. > :07:22.way Bond women are represented, at least in respect to her own
:07:23. > :07:27.character. I don't see her as a Bond girl. She's more of a real
:07:28. > :07:32.character. She's not like the cliche of the Bond girl. I think Madeleine
:07:33. > :07:39.is very different from what you would expect. Well, I can tell you
:07:40. > :07:41.that I don't trust you. Thing you have impeccable instincts. What is
:07:42. > :07:47.particularly significant in relation to Spectre is the casting of
:07:48. > :07:52.51-year-old actress Monica Belluci, the oldest Bond woman in franchise
:07:53. > :07:56.history, championed by director Sam Mendes. I am mature, and I think it
:07:57. > :08:03.is the first time that we have seen Bond with a woman who is mature. It
:08:04. > :08:08.is revolutionary in some ways. Also, Sam wanted to represent this woman
:08:09. > :08:12.in her 50s. The Bond girl has caught the attention of double is seven and
:08:13. > :08:18.that of academics at universities around the world, including here in
:08:19. > :08:22.the United States were scholars to scrutinize the Bond girl phenomenon
:08:23. > :08:26.and many see the casting of Monica Bellucci as significant. I think it
:08:27. > :08:30.is important insofar as in the past, we have seen Bond girls who were
:08:31. > :08:34.sort of mere accessories. Now there is a movement towards developing
:08:35. > :08:39.characters that have a little bit more of a background, and depth to
:08:40. > :08:45.their stories and I think somebody like her can bring that to the four.
:08:46. > :08:48.But not everybody is impressed by Monica Belluci's presents. There
:08:49. > :08:53.have been complaints of how little of her ends up on screen. I was
:08:54. > :08:57.thrilled to hear that Monica Bellucci was cast as a Bond girl, a
:08:58. > :09:01.Bond woman. I was disappointed that she was in it so briefly. She was
:09:02. > :09:05.just used and chewed and spat out like any other Bond girl and I think
:09:06. > :09:08.it was a terrible waste of a brilliant actress. Academics have
:09:09. > :09:13.criticized the disposability of Bond girls for a long time. But it would
:09:14. > :09:18.be a stretch to imagine, you think of women as disposable pleasures
:09:19. > :09:23.rather than meaningful pursuits. At the end of it, she is either killed,
:09:24. > :09:27.disposed, replaced by someone else, and she's always really in accessory
:09:28. > :09:31.to Bond, to show that he is up to date with his woman, just like he is
:09:32. > :09:42.with his cars and other gadgets. My name is pussy galore. I must be
:09:43. > :09:47.dreaming. Critics say there is a long way still to go before a Bond
:09:48. > :09:51.girl is even with her predecessor. A stronger bond woman could possibly
:09:52. > :09:57.lead to stronger storytelling. I can look after myself. That's beside the
:09:58. > :10:00.point. Even if they just did simple things like initiated the
:10:01. > :10:05.investigation with the woman, enlisting Bond as an equal
:10:06. > :10:09.helpmate, and do go on and have a life, even if we don't follow it on
:10:10. > :10:15.screen, which we are not going to. Also a Bond girl who refuses Bond
:10:16. > :10:22.but not on the grounds of playing for the sexual chemistry of refusal.
:10:23. > :10:27.Those would be great strategies. I'm beginning to like you, Mr Bond. The
:10:28. > :10:31.original Bond formula could seem like Ian Fleming has set up
:10:32. > :10:35.expectations with producers of the franchise cannot disregard, striking
:10:36. > :10:37.a balance between staying true to the Bond formula and adjusting to
:10:38. > :10:42.the changing status of women through the decades. It is what Bond films
:10:43. > :10:49.now and in the future will have to wrestle with. I think you have made
:10:50. > :10:54.your point, thank you for the demonstration. Choose your next
:10:55. > :11:02.criticism carefully, Mr Bond, it may be your last. There have been some
:11:03. > :11:06.legendary James Bond villains. Along with the glamorous location, Bond
:11:07. > :11:10.girls and fast cars come of the Bond villain is an indispensable part of
:11:11. > :11:14.the franchise. We go back in history to look at some of the more
:11:15. > :11:19.notorious Bond villains to see what they represented to audiences at the
:11:20. > :11:23.time. In Washington, DC at this museum, there is a special
:11:24. > :11:26.exhibition looking back at Bond villains and the latest artifacts
:11:27. > :11:29.from the last 50 years. It is clear that each villain is very much a
:11:30. > :11:33.product at the time period in which the film in which they appear was
:11:34. > :11:37.made. The ideas that Bond villains are chosen specific reason. Their
:11:38. > :11:41.chosen because that is the world is afraid of at the time the movie
:11:42. > :11:49.comes out. It has to be somebody who has some menace to him or her in
:11:50. > :11:57.some cases. You must be working for the East? Just points on the
:11:58. > :12:01.compass. Doctor Note was one of the most mid- tour is villains and he
:12:02. > :12:07.plotted nuclear mayhem from his Caribbean lair. This was pertinent
:12:08. > :12:12.subject matter at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. He was a lose
:12:13. > :12:20.cannon. He was tried to start a nuclear war and people like that
:12:21. > :12:23.have the menace to do what American politicians and the Soviet
:12:24. > :12:29.politicians were not willing to do. Kill everybody on earth. The real
:12:30. > :12:35.fear was, you had a guy you just didn't care. Another notorious Bond
:12:36. > :12:39.villain is this one seen here in this film. He has appeared in
:12:40. > :12:45.numerous Bond films. You only live twice, Mr Bond. Target vehicle
:12:46. > :12:54.passing of her central Russia. So what about nowadays? What forces are
:12:55. > :13:01.shaping current James Bond villains ? Skyfall is as advanced as you can
:13:02. > :13:05.get because cyber terrorism is at the heart of it and that has become
:13:06. > :13:08.a national security consideration for the United States, replacing
:13:09. > :13:13.terrorism as the number one foreign-policy concern. That brings
:13:14. > :13:17.us to the latest Bond film, Spectre with the villain played by Christoph
:13:18. > :13:21.Waltz. Border critics making of him? Are they travelling in their
:13:22. > :13:28.boots? When we found out that Christoph Waltz was cast as the Bond
:13:29. > :13:32.villain, everyone was very excited because he is done so well for
:13:33. > :13:35.Quentin Tarantino what he doesn't quite have the same threat here as
:13:36. > :13:41.he brought to that. Something was missing from this villain, and it
:13:42. > :13:46.lessened the dramatic impact of this bond. I wasn't fearful of him. He
:13:47. > :13:49.may be having less of an impact because he has less screen time
:13:50. > :13:55.compared to villains in previous Bond films. But the actor doesn't
:13:56. > :14:03.buy that. The villain never has a lot of screen time. He doesn't need
:14:04. > :14:09.a lot of screen time. And I feel that I haven't been deprived of
:14:10. > :14:14.screen time in this case, at all. That is the economy of storytelling,
:14:15. > :14:20.you do what is necessary. It would be a big spoiler to reveal exactly
:14:21. > :14:23.who he is, budget is fair to say that he is an archetypal Bond
:14:24. > :14:25.villain, not totally unfamiliar to true Bond aficionados. I will leave
:14:26. > :14:37.it at that. Spectre makes use of many different
:14:38. > :14:44.locations, not just London but also Austria, Italy and Mexico City for
:14:45. > :14:49.the film's opening sequence. We have been taking a look at what Bond
:14:50. > :14:52.means to those locations at the enough to have 007 operating in
:14:53. > :14:56.their midst. When we think the bond, we
:14:57. > :15:00.inevitably think of the gadgets, the girls and the licence to kill. But
:15:01. > :15:05.one of the most enduring aspects of the franchise has been Bond's
:15:06. > :15:10.licence to travel. Over 24 films, he has certainly racked up the air
:15:11. > :15:13.miles, visiting over 40 countries on Her Majesty 's Secret Service. When
:15:14. > :15:18.the films started in the 1960s it the films started in the 1960s it
:15:19. > :15:22.was a lot of wish fulfilment. Can't decide you were not able to visit
:15:23. > :15:27.the places you saw on the screen. Nowadays, travel is a lot easier and
:15:28. > :15:34.less expensive. You can easily find out where Bond has been filming. You
:15:35. > :15:40.might want to go visit that incredibly posh bar or hotel or
:15:41. > :15:45.fabulous beach shown on screen. The opening sequence of Spectre sees
:15:46. > :15:50.Bond apparently on holiday during the day of the dead Festival in
:15:51. > :15:53.Mexico City. At the time it was reported that the film received tens
:15:54. > :15:57.of millions of dollars in tax incentives from the country in order
:15:58. > :16:04.to film there and to help portray Mexico in a positive light. If you
:16:05. > :16:08.want to shoot in an exotic place and you want to have the tax benefits
:16:09. > :16:13.from it, you make it look as nice as possible. You certainly do not want
:16:14. > :16:16.to put Bond in the middle of Mexico City and make it look like an
:16:17. > :16:22.undesirable place. One of the notable features of the great era
:16:23. > :16:29.has been the increased presence of the UK in his adventures. Some of
:16:30. > :16:34.Spectre's most intense action sequences take place right here in
:16:35. > :16:37.the heart of London, with a particularly intense chase involving
:16:38. > :16:48.Westminster Bridge. They want to use the city as a character in its own
:16:49. > :16:53.right. Bond has also become a poster boy for British tourism, an icon
:16:54. > :17:00.that can resonate around the world. The glamour and the luxury and the
:17:01. > :17:04.excitement that comes with Bond is absolutely something we want to talk
:17:05. > :17:10.about as being part of the experience of coming to Britain. It
:17:11. > :17:17.is a collaboration for us, a real opportunity to make the film have
:17:18. > :17:23.global reach. Visitors to Glencoe in Scotland increased by over 40% after
:17:24. > :17:28.it appeared in the climax of Skyfall. Those nations the trick in
:17:29. > :17:33.Spectre will be hoping for a similar boost to the international profile.
:17:34. > :17:39.Countries around the world will be happy for him to pop by for a visit.
:17:40. > :17:48.Even if he does cause all kinds of mayhem.
:17:49. > :17:55.In the new Bond film, Spectre, 007 does spend some time in London. He
:17:56. > :17:58.is mostly off in distant locations. How much longer can he spent
:17:59. > :18:03.gallivanting around the world as James Bond? He is reportedly under
:18:04. > :18:07.contract to do one more film after Spectre. But in recent interviews he
:18:08. > :18:11.has given the impression he might not be that interested in
:18:12. > :18:18.continuing. So who will take over if he decides to call it quits? They
:18:19. > :18:23.just have to be good, I hope, make the film is as good as you can. The
:18:24. > :18:29.actor who does pick up the reins from Daniel Craig will join an elite
:18:30. > :18:33.group immortalised in wax. There are some obvious qualifications. The
:18:34. > :18:41.main qualification, the actor has to be able to act, we never have a poor
:18:42. > :18:47.actor. Obviously you have to be a fairly handsome guy. But it is more
:18:48. > :18:51.than just a pretty face and a dry martini. He is a multifaceted
:18:52. > :18:58.character and any actor will have to betray that. That is the view of the
:18:59. > :19:06.fans in this British teashop. He is capable of extreme internal pain,
:19:07. > :19:12.but also is a killer. He has a certain feeling of responsibility
:19:13. > :19:20.and position. It is a very complex character. You have got a secret.
:19:21. > :19:23.Actors from around the world have been mentioned as candidates. Wood
:19:24. > :19:32.Bradley Cooper be interested in the role? God no. I am a Bond watcher.
:19:33. > :19:38.Bond has got to be British. Maybe it could be another actor somewhere
:19:39. > :19:42.else. Chances are the next actor to play Bond will be British. Or a
:19:43. > :19:50.convincing enough to pass as a Brit. Who are Bond fans looking to replace
:19:51. > :19:59.Daniel? Tommy Winston. Proven box office, hard hit, good solid theatre
:20:00. > :20:06.actor. How about we give it to Damian Lewis? I think Damian Lewis
:20:07. > :20:09.could get away with it. It needs to be a combination of Benedict
:20:10. > :20:16.Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy. The iron fist in the sort of. You need both
:20:17. > :20:21.of those components. I would like Tom Hardy to replace Daniel Craig. I
:20:22. > :20:25.thought he was really good in Legends, very good-looking. I think
:20:26. > :20:34.he would be good follow on. Another strong candidate is British actor
:20:35. > :20:39.Idris Elba. Some think a black Bond would not conform to in Fleming's
:20:40. > :20:45.original vision. It is not being intolerant or bigoted to say that
:20:46. > :20:51.certain characters are so legendary and so indelible to popular culture
:20:52. > :20:56.that the shock would be jarring. It would not be the James Bond that we
:20:57. > :21:00.know. But actor Matthew Rees, mentioned as a possible future Bond
:21:01. > :21:07.himself, likes the idea of Idris Elba in the role. It would be
:21:08. > :21:15.fantastic. Ian Fleming created something that has involved. I
:21:16. > :21:19.thought you came here to die. It is all a matter of perspective. Whether
:21:20. > :21:24.it takes over will find out that their life has been changed. I knew
:21:25. > :21:39.that it would pay my life upside down and it did. I am still enjoying
:21:40. > :21:44.it. More than I ever did. That brings the special Spectre edition
:21:45. > :21:50.of talking movies to a close. We hope you have enjoyed the programme.
:21:51. > :21:55.You can always find us online. And you can find us on Facebook as well.
:21:56. > :21:58.From me and the rest of the production team in New York and
:21:59. > :22:05.London, it is good by as we leave you with the Spectre the theme song
:22:06. > :22:16.from Sam Smith. I have been here before.
:22:17. > :22:24.But always hear before. I have spent a lifetime running.
:22:25. > :22:28.And I always get away. But with you I am feeling
:22:29. > :22:38.something. That makes me want to stay.
:22:39. > :22:50.I am prepared for this. I never shoot to mess.
:22:51. > :22:53.18 degrees makes it very mild through the day on Friday.
:22:54. > :22:57.We keep that mild theme through the day, both Saturday and Sunday.