Spectre Talking Movies

The name is Tom broke and welcome to this special Spectre version of

Talking Movies. We will find out if the picture is any good. If you are

looking for anything that is in a James Bond movie, it is in Spectre.

James Bond looks back on his brethren from yesteryear. Do you

expect me to talk? No Mr Bond, I expect you to die. And with a

51-year-old woman on board, is the franchise finally coming into its

own in terms of depictions of women? He is finally with a woman

who is mature, so I think it is revolutionary in some ways. And two

will take on the role of James Bond once Daniel Craig calls it quits?

They just have to make the films as good as they can. All that and more

in this special James Bond edition of Talking Movies. Spectre is now

very much in our midst, the 24th official Bond movie with Daniel

Craig making his fourth outing is 007. It has been three years since

the last Bond movie, sky fall, and the new picture is the most

expensive Bond film ever made and is getting good reviews puppy it should

be pleasing to a broad amount of movie-goers and not just James Bond

fans who are delighted with all be allusions to earlier films. British

critics had seen the film two days earlier, before the premiere, and

most were impressed. This is the sum of all James Bond movies. Everything

you want is there, from an Aston Martin car chase to a big brute

hurling someone through a chain carriage -- train, to a beautiful

woman, Q is there, even a fluffy white cat. Everything you want from

a Bond movie is in Spectre. That the film is thin on plot doesn't seem to

be preventing you from pleasing loyal audiences and it starts with a

truly dynamic opening in Mexico City. The action thereafter takes

Bond to Rome where there is a car chase in the Austrian Alps. This new

picture arrives on the scene just after sky fall which broke records

for a Bond film and won enthusiastic reviews -- Skyfall. The challenge

for Director Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig was how to top it. We had a

conversation about what we would do, but actually, once you start the

creative process, you go, look, this is going to have to move on, we're

going to make a better movie, we're going to move on and we said from

the beginning that we want to celebrate what a Bond movie is.

007. Q. Bond fans will notice much in this film familiar from past to

James Bond adventures, from the evil Spectre, the criminal investigation

that Bond is up against to the militant. The question is how to use

things from his past in a new and fresh way -- villain. To make it but

contemporary and classic, both retro and cutting-edge. This organisation,

do you know which is called? Its name is Spectre. There is a

political subtext in the film, warning that the dangers -- warning

about the dangers when the government has total surveillance

powers. I agree that cyber hacking is the problem, the great rest of

today, but it doesn't make for a very interesting dramatic villain. I

think computers on screen are always very dull, it is just people

typing. For Daniel Craig, it was important that he did more than just

play James Bond in this enterprise. I have been involved with it, I have

been allowed to be involved in every aspect of the film we have been

making and I filter modestly proud of it. -- I feel tremendously proud

of it. This has been the high point of my career. Spectre is now being

seen internationally after opening in the UK two weeks ago. As

mentioned, the critical response at the time of the British launch was

quite favourable. So what is being going on with critics around the

world? Now we go to our correspondent. Mr Bond graciously

lent me this Aston Martin so I could report on what critics around the

world pick up a new film. Unfortunately, I may need to use it

as a getaway car because reviews have been as mixed as one of James

Bond's martinis. Critics in the UK found Spectre to be very good, with

high reviews from several publications including the Telegraph

and the Guardian soppy further afield, reviews from Canada were

similarly positive but the Irish Times on the other hand, gave

Spectre only three stars out of five. One of the leading pop-culture

websites in Brazil called Spectre tired and declared Daniel Craig's

acting to be dull. Why should I trust you? Because right now, I'm

your best chance of staying alive. But it was in the US where

Spectre's license to thrill was truly revoked. Multiple critics

there called Spectre overly long, unsatisfying and in elegant with

Forbes magazine going so far as to call Spectre, the worst Bond film in

30 years. Shocking. Positively shocking. But even if Spectre has

left some critics called, the film is poised to shatter worldwide box

office records and has already done so in the UK. One thing is certain,

James Bond will return. Bond cars are very much part of Bond's world.

It is quite a masculine universe that James Bond inhabits and he is

no paragon of feminist virtue but the new film does go some way

towards addressing concerns that the franchise is overly sexist with its

focus on alluring Bond girls who are often quite disposable. Now we go to

our correspondent. This classic image of Ursula Andress walking out

of the ocean in the first part of the movie Doctor Note was in 1962

and was the version of the Bond girl that became seared into the mind of

a generation of movie-goers. According to this actress who plays

a Bond girl in this film come there has thirdly been an evolution in the

way Bond women are represented, at least in respect to her own

character. I don't see her as a Bond girl. She's more of a real

character. She's not like the cliche of the Bond girl. I think Madeleine

is very different from what you would expect. Well, I can tell you

that I don't trust you. Thing you have impeccable instincts. What is

particularly significant in relation to Spectre is the casting of

51-year-old actress Monica Belluci, the oldest Bond woman in franchise

history, championed by director Sam Mendes. I am mature, and I think it

is the first time that we have seen Bond with a woman who is mature. It

is revolutionary in some ways. Also, Sam wanted to represent this woman

in her 50s. The Bond girl has caught the attention of double is seven and

that of academics at universities around the world, including here in

the United States were scholars to scrutinize the Bond girl phenomenon

and many see the casting of Monica Bellucci as significant. I think it

is important insofar as in the past, we have seen Bond girls who were

sort of mere accessories. Now there is a movement towards developing

characters that have a little bit more of a background, and depth to

their stories and I think somebody like her can bring that to the four.

But not everybody is impressed by Monica Belluci's presents. There

have been complaints of how little of her ends up on screen. I was

thrilled to hear that Monica Bellucci was cast as a Bond girl, a

Bond woman. I was disappointed that she was in it so briefly. She was

just used and chewed and spat out like any other Bond girl and I think

it was a terrible waste of a brilliant actress. Academics have

criticized the disposability of Bond girls for a long time. But it would

be a stretch to imagine, you think of women as disposable pleasures

rather than meaningful pursuits. At the end of it, she is either killed,

disposed, replaced by someone else, and she's always really in accessory

to Bond, to show that he is up to date with his woman, just like he is

with his cars and other gadgets. My name is pussy galore. I must be

dreaming. Critics say there is a long way still to go before a Bond

girl is even with her predecessor. A stronger bond woman could possibly

lead to stronger storytelling. I can look after myself. That's beside the

point. Even if they just did simple things like initiated the

investigation with the woman, enlisting Bond as an equal

helpmate, and do go on and have a life, even if we don't follow it on

screen, which we are not going to. Also a Bond girl who refuses Bond

but not on the grounds of playing for the sexual chemistry of refusal.

Those would be great strategies. I'm beginning to like you, Mr Bond. The

original Bond formula could seem like Ian Fleming has set up

expectations with producers of the franchise cannot disregard, striking

a balance between staying true to the Bond formula and adjusting to

the changing status of women through the decades. It is what Bond films

now and in the future will have to wrestle with. I think you have made

your point, thank you for the demonstration. Choose your next

criticism carefully, Mr Bond, it may be your last. There have been some

legendary James Bond villains. Along with the glamorous location, Bond

girls and fast cars come of the Bond villain is an indispensable part of

the franchise. We go back in history to look at some of the more

notorious Bond villains to see what they represented to audiences at the

time. In Washington, DC at this museum, there is a special

exhibition looking back at Bond villains and the latest artifacts

from the last 50 years. It is clear that each villain is very much a

product at the time period in which the film in which they appear was

made. The ideas that Bond villains are chosen specific reason. Their

chosen because that is the world is afraid of at the time the movie

comes out. It has to be somebody who has some menace to him or her in

some cases. You must be working for the East? Just points on the

compass. Doctor Note was one of the most mid- tour is villains and he

plotted nuclear mayhem from his Caribbean lair. This was pertinent

subject matter at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. He was a lose

cannon. He was tried to start a nuclear war and people like that

have the menace to do what American politicians and the Soviet

politicians were not willing to do. Kill everybody on earth. The real

fear was, you had a guy you just didn't care. Another notorious Bond

villain is this one seen here in this film. He has appeared in

numerous Bond films. You only live twice, Mr Bond. Target vehicle

passing of her central Russia. So what about nowadays? What forces are

shaping current James Bond villains ? Skyfall is as advanced as you can

get because cyber terrorism is at the heart of it and that has become

a national security consideration for the United States, replacing

terrorism as the number one foreign-policy concern. That brings

us to the latest Bond film, Spectre with the villain played by Christoph

Waltz. Border critics making of him? Are they travelling in their

boots? When we found out that Christoph Waltz was cast as the Bond

villain, everyone was very excited because he is done so well for

Quentin Tarantino what he doesn't quite have the same threat here as

he brought to that. Something was missing from this villain, and it

lessened the dramatic impact of this bond. I wasn't fearful of him. He

may be having less of an impact because he has less screen time

compared to villains in previous Bond films. But the actor doesn't

buy that. The villain never has a lot of screen time. He doesn't need

a lot of screen time. And I feel that I haven't been deprived of

screen time in this case, at all. That is the economy of storytelling,

you do what is necessary. It would be a big spoiler to reveal exactly

who he is, budget is fair to say that he is an archetypal Bond

villain, not totally unfamiliar to true Bond aficionados. I will leave

it at that. Spectre makes use of many different

locations, not just London but also Austria, Italy and Mexico City for

the film's opening sequence. We have been taking a look at what Bond

means to those locations at the enough to have 007 operating in

their midst. When we think the bond, we

inevitably think of the gadgets, the girls and the licence to kill. But

one of the most enduring aspects of the franchise has been Bond's

licence to travel. Over 24 films, he has certainly racked up the air

miles, visiting over 40 countries on Her Majesty 's Secret Service. When

the films started in the 1960s it the films started in the 1960s it

was a lot of wish fulfilment. Can't decide you were not able to visit

the places you saw on the screen. Nowadays, travel is a lot easier and

less expensive. You can easily find out where Bond has been filming. You

might want to go visit that incredibly posh bar or hotel or

fabulous beach shown on screen. The opening sequence of Spectre sees

Bond apparently on holiday during the day of the dead Festival in

Mexico City. At the time it was reported that the film received tens

of millions of dollars in tax incentives from the country in order

to film there and to help portray Mexico in a positive light. If you

want to shoot in an exotic place and you want to have the tax benefits

from it, you make it look as nice as possible. You certainly do not want

to put Bond in the middle of Mexico City and make it look like an

undesirable place. One of the notable features of the great era

has been the increased presence of the UK in his adventures. Some of

Spectre's most intense action sequences take place right here in

the heart of London, with a particularly intense chase involving

Westminster Bridge. They want to use the city as a character in its own

right. Bond has also become a poster boy for British tourism, an icon

that can resonate around the world. The glamour and the luxury and the

excitement that comes with Bond is absolutely something we want to talk

about as being part of the experience of coming to Britain. It

is a collaboration for us, a real opportunity to make the film have

global reach. Visitors to Glencoe in Scotland increased by over 40% after

it appeared in the climax of Skyfall. Those nations the trick in

Spectre will be hoping for a similar boost to the international profile.

Countries around the world will be happy for him to pop by for a visit.

Even if he does cause all kinds of mayhem.

In the new Bond film, Spectre, 007 does spend some time in London. He

is mostly off in distant locations. How much longer can he spent

gallivanting around the world as James Bond? He is reportedly under

contract to do one more film after Spectre. But in recent interviews he

has given the impression he might not be that interested in

continuing. So who will take over if he decides to call it quits? They

just have to be good, I hope, make the film is as good as you can. The

actor who does pick up the reins from Daniel Craig will join an elite

group immortalised in wax. There are some obvious qualifications. The

main qualification, the actor has to be able to act, we never have a poor

actor. Obviously you have to be a fairly handsome guy. But it is more

than just a pretty face and a dry martini. He is a multifaceted

character and any actor will have to betray that. That is the view of the

fans in this British teashop. He is capable of extreme internal pain,

but also is a killer. He has a certain feeling of responsibility

and position. It is a very complex character. You have got a secret.

Actors from around the world have been mentioned as candidates. Wood

Bradley Cooper be interested in the role? God no. I am a Bond watcher.

Bond has got to be British. Maybe it could be another actor somewhere

else. Chances are the next actor to play Bond will be British. Or a

convincing enough to pass as a Brit. Who are Bond fans looking to replace

Daniel? Tommy Winston. Proven box office, hard hit, good solid theatre

actor. How about we give it to Damian Lewis? I think Damian Lewis

could get away with it. It needs to be a combination of Benedict

Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy. The iron fist in the sort of. You need both

of those components. I would like Tom Hardy to replace Daniel Craig. I

thought he was really good in Legends, very good-looking. I think

he would be good follow on. Another strong candidate is British actor

Idris Elba. Some think a black Bond would not conform to in Fleming's

original vision. It is not being intolerant or bigoted to say that

certain characters are so legendary and so indelible to popular culture

that the shock would be jarring. It would not be the James Bond that we

know. But actor Matthew Rees, mentioned as a possible future Bond

himself, likes the idea of Idris Elba in the role. It would be

fantastic. Ian Fleming created something that has involved. I

thought you came here to die. It is all a matter of perspective. Whether

it takes over will find out that their life has been changed. I knew

that it would pay my life upside down and it did. I am still enjoying

it. More than I ever did. That brings the special Spectre edition

of talking movies to a close. We hope you have enjoyed the programme.

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From me and the rest of the production team in New York and

London, it is good by as we leave you with the Spectre the theme song

from Sam Smith. I have been here before.

But always hear before. I have spent a lifetime running.

And I always get away. But with you I am feeling

something. That makes me want to stay.

I am prepared for this. I never shoot to mess.

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