The DANIEL CRAIG Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    @Creasy47 Have you read the book?

    Debating whether to read the book before or after seeing the film.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    @Creasy47 Have you read the book?

    Debating whether to read the book before or after seeing the film.

    I've not, I wasn't even aware of its existence sadly until I saw Guadagnino was adapting it as director.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    Lorenzo Mieli: How The Italian Producer Of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’, Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ & HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Is Breaking Global Boundaries – Venice
    https://deadline.com/2023/09/lorenzo-mieli-priscilla-producer-sofia-coppola-my-brilliant-friend-luca-guadagnino-1235534484/

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    The director says that with Queer he wanted a Mexico City, dreamy with colors that was “in a way staged, not real,” hence Mieli’s suggestion to recreate the location at Cinecittà.

    At Guadagnino’s editing suite with Costa, Mieli screens what’s essentially a sizzle reel for Queer. Costa cut it so that Mieli and Guadagnino could get a feel for the pic’s tone. However, the jazzy, frenetic footage is exciting enough to easily serve as a trailer or a pitch to buyers, should the filmmakers plan to use it. Queer is based on William Burroughs’s 1985 novel, but it was written between 1951 and 1953. The book is also a follow-up to the author’s Junkie. The pic follows Craig as Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. Lee is self-conscious, insecure and driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, who is based on Adelbert Lewis Marker (1930-1998), a recently discharged American Navy serviceman from Jacksonville, FL, who befriended Burroughs in Mexico City.

    We’ve seen the 007 actor play raw before, but not like this, hallucinating, strung out, entranced by a ceiling fan and crazily popping off a gun. Images of bugs, dirty wallpaper and blood. The colors are vibrant in pinks and blues, and greys. While Costa is known to work fast (he edited Challengers in 15 days), Queer is still in need of VFX backdrops, evident in the green screens popping up in additional footage we watched. It would not be shocking to see that Italy’s next big cinema export, Queer, in the Oscar conversation next year.

  • peterpeter Toronto
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    As soon as I heard about Queer, I was happy that Craig is returning to tough and meaty material.

    After seeing him rip up the stage in MacBeth, I mentioned to my wife that he has to take that same passion and throw it into darker, stranger characters now that 007 is in the rearview.

    This guy is a generational talent, and we're about to see what creations he pulls together in the second half of his performance career.

    Thanks for posting @Red_Snow ....
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    5 established cult films.
    2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
    Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
    Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
    The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
    Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)

    I'm a few years older than Craig and took to those as well.


  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 17 Posts: 14,404
    Mr C taking Esquire through his watch collection:



  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Very cool video. He’s certainly passionate about his watches. Loved this.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    He looks fantastic. Craig for M.? I don't want him to go... the ghost of past Bond haunts the next Bond?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I love that they're all Omegas, somehow stretching into his past before 007! But he's got a role after all. Sounds like he's had a bit of cold there.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Craig and Charlie Therzon are teaming up for Justin Lin's heist thriller Two for the Money:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlize-theron-daniel-craig-justin-lin-two-for-the-money-1235725680/
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Craig and Charlie Therzon are teaming up for Justin Lin's heist thriller Two for the Money:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlize-theron-daniel-craig-justin-lin-two-for-the-money-1235725680/

    Sounds great, looking forward to seeing it. Thanks for sharing mate
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    Yeah, I like the sound of that too. And Charlize can kick Craig's ass - he said so!
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