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

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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    Red_Snow wrote: »
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    DC at the OMEGA House Paris 2024.

    He makes for a handsome Santa.

    He does. Although, Albert Finney as Kincade did it better.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    First look at DC in Luca Guadagnino's QUEER.

    The films North American Premiere will take place at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2024.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    This is one of my Top 3 most anticipated films for the remainder of the year.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I get the feeling from that it's yet another film where he looks absolutely great. He's got to be one of the best-dressed actors in film ever, pretty much.
  • mattjoesmattjoes is in the next room, or this very one
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    Very excited about it.

    This summer
    DANIEL CRAIG
    IS
    QUEER
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    Very excited about it.

    This summer
    DANIEL CRAIG
    IS
    QUEER

    It'll be interesting to see what Daniel and Luca have confected for us.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Very excited about it.

    This summer
    DANIEL CRAIG
    IS
    QUEER

    It'll be interesting to see what Daniel and Luca have confected for us.

    Lots of drugs and sweaty sex. I'm in!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited August 13 Posts: 24,209
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Very excited about it.

    This summer
    DANIEL CRAIG
    IS
    QUEER

    It'll be interesting to see what Daniel and Luca have confected for us.

    Lots of drugs and sweaty sex. I'm in!

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    Well I certainly hope so too.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited August 14 Posts: 4,585
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    This is one of my Top 3 most anticipated films for the remainder of the year.

    Mine too...hoping this is an Oscar-winning role for him.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    https://x.com/rianjohnson/status/1824878698404728890

    I’m really the first person to post this?
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    https://x.com/rianjohnson/status/1824878698404728890

    I’m really the first person to post this?

    It appears so! I had no idea that this was such a quick shoot...and we haven't had many behind-the-scenes images.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    https://x.com/rianjohnson/status/1824878698404728890

    I’m really the first person to post this?

    If you change the 'x' in the link to 'twitter' then it will preview on the forum rather than needing people to click through without knowing what it is.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 28 Posts: 40,983
    He's going to kill it in this one, I can already feel it.

    Meanwhile, Deadline reports the film itself is polarizing and hasn't been able to acquire a U.S. distributor, yet:

    https://deadline.com/2024/08/venice-film-festival-kicks-off-awards-season-joker-folie-deux-maria-queer-1236071115/
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    He's going to kill it in this one, I can already feel it.

    Meanwhile, Deadline reports the film itself is polarizing and hasn't been able to acquire a U.S. distributor, yet:

    https://deadline.com/2024/08/venice-film-festival-kicks-off-awards-season-joker-folie-deux-maria-queer-1236071115/

    I sincerely hope the lack of US distribution isn't the reason Guadagnino cut over an hour from the film!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    He's going to kill it in this one, I can already feel it.

    Meanwhile, Deadline reports the film itself is polarizing and hasn't been able to acquire a U.S. distributor, yet:

    https://deadline.com/2024/08/venice-film-festival-kicks-off-awards-season-joker-folie-deux-maria-queer-1236071115/

    I sincerely hope the lack of US distribution isn't the reason Guadagnino cut over an hour from the film!

    It's not like this film is going to be a box office darling, so I really, really hope he winds up releasing his fuller cut of it some day. Sounds like Friedkin's Cruising, where a majority of what's lost are the more explicitly sexual elements, even if they're only meant to flesh out the background. Shame!
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited August 28 Posts: 4,585
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    He's going to kill it in this one, I can already feel it.

    Meanwhile, Deadline reports the film itself is polarizing and hasn't been able to acquire a U.S. distributor, yet:

    https://deadline.com/2024/08/venice-film-festival-kicks-off-awards-season-joker-folie-deux-maria-queer-1236071115/

    I'm not sure I would read that much into this. The reception at Venice (which should be positive) will likely dictate what type of distribution deal the film gets.
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Red_Snow wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    He's going to kill it in this one, I can already feel it.

    Meanwhile, Deadline reports the film itself is polarizing and hasn't been able to acquire a U.S. distributor, yet:

    https://deadline.com/2024/08/venice-film-festival-kicks-off-awards-season-joker-folie-deux-maria-queer-1236071115/

    I sincerely hope the lack of US distribution isn't the reason Guadagnino cut over an hour from the film!

    It's not like this film is going to be a box office darling, so I really, really hope he winds up releasing his fuller cut of it some day. Sounds like Friedkin's Cruising, where a majority of what's lost are the more explicitly sexual elements, even if they're only meant to flesh out the background. Shame!

    It doesn't appear so, if I'm understanding you correctly. According to Babera, other (contextual) material was cut: "I know exactly what Luca cut out: all of [Daniel] Craig’s wanderings in the gay clubs of Mexico City, with this incredible fauna of gay life, in search of adventure.”
  • mattjoesmattjoes is in the next room, or this very one
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    Petition to rename this thread "Where does Craig go after Bond?"
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @TripAces, that's how I took those comments - nothing influential, merely background dressing, like all the club sequences in Cruising. Then again, I've seen nothing of Queer, so perhaps some side plots ARE lost in what was cut.

    @mattjoes, isn't this the Daniel Craig thread?
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @TripAces, that's how I took those comments - nothing influential, merely background dressing, like all the club sequences in Cruising. Then again, I've seen nothing of Queer, so perhaps some side plots ARE lost in what was cut.

    @mattjoes, isn't this the Daniel Craig thread?

    Gotcha.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    TripAces wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @TripAces, that's how I took those comments - nothing influential, merely background dressing, like all the club sequences in Cruising. Then again, I've seen nothing of Queer, so perhaps some side plots ARE lost in what was cut.

    @mattjoes, isn't this the Daniel Craig thread?

    Gotcha.

    I'm sure it'll all still be very coherent, but I will be eagerly wondering "what if?" with all that lost footage regardless.
  • Posts: 4,205
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Red_Snow wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    He's going to kill it in this one, I can already feel it.

    Meanwhile, Deadline reports the film itself is polarizing and hasn't been able to acquire a U.S. distributor, yet:

    https://deadline.com/2024/08/venice-film-festival-kicks-off-awards-season-joker-folie-deux-maria-queer-1236071115/

    I sincerely hope the lack of US distribution isn't the reason Guadagnino cut over an hour from the film!

    It's not like this film is going to be a box office darling, so I really, really hope he winds up releasing his fuller cut of it some day. Sounds like Friedkin's Cruising, where a majority of what's lost are the more explicitly sexual elements, even if they're only meant to flesh out the background. Shame!

    One of my (sometimes unpopular) opinions is that I generally don’t like Luca Guadagnino’s films. I really didn’t enjoy his version of Suspiria (and I’m an Argento/Giallo horror fan) and I felt the same about Challengers. Call Me By Your Name’s the most effective I’ve seen him as a storyteller. Not sure why I feel this way though.

    But yeah, it was never going to be a smash hit. And Cruising’s its own bizarre (but kind of wonderful in its own way) film.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    Petition to rename this thread "Where does Craig go after Bond?"

    :))
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @007HallY, nothing wrong with that. There are some directors I've tried countless works of and still can't get into, like Jim Jarmusch.

    I only really loved CMBYN and Challengers from Guadagnino personally. I didn't care for his spin on Suspiria, but I probably need a rewatch of it to see if I feel any differently.
  • edited August 28 Posts: 4,205
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @007HallY, nothing wrong with that. There are some directors I've tried countless works of and still can't get into, like Jim Jarmusch.

    I only really loved CMBYN and Challengers from Guadagnino personally. I didn't care for his spin on Suspiria, but I probably need a rewatch of it to see if I feel any differently.

    Suspiria’s a weird one. A friend of mine always tells me it’s as if it’s a horror film that’s been made by people who don’t actually like horror films… I kinda get that, but I’m not entirely sure why…

    Yeah, Jarmush isn’t a favourite of mine either. But I find Paterson quite a nice film.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
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    I'm surprised Daniel isn't getting the call from the big name directors.
  • edited August 28 Posts: 4,205
    I'm surprised Daniel isn't getting the call from the big name directors.

    I suppose we don’t know what offers he’d get until he takes them. That and he’s already worked with Spielberg, Fincher, Mendes, Johnson, Soderbergh, who are all big name. Short of a Nolan or Scorsese you can’t get much bigger than that.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    I'm surprised Daniel isn't getting the call from the big name directors.

    He may be. But he's been especially "choosy" about the projects he does. He seems more interested in doing small/art-house films in which the shooting schedule is not all that extensive. Both Queer and Wake Up Dead Man were really quick.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    He will enjoy opportunities to play a diverse range of characters, but trust me he will one day be again drawn to an alpha, heroic character; something that he will have to physically train for and be in top shape.
  • mattjoesmattjoes is in the next room, or this very one
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @mattjoes, isn't this the Daniel Craig thread?
    Yeah, it was just a joke, a bit of wordplay. Since the other thread is about Bond after Craig, and much of this one is about Craig after his Bond stint. There would be a nice symmetry to those thread names!
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