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The Cinematography of Bond 26 (and beyond)

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  • K2WIK2WI Europe
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    Saw a couple films last year that were shot by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, and I think I'd gladly welcome his touch to Bond.
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
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    Given that Villeneuve is opting for a new cinematographer for Dune: Messiah to give it a new look (and so Fraser can do The Batman Part II), it wouldn’t shock me if he decides to work with a new cinematographer for Bond as well for the same reason instead of reuniting with Deakins, Fraser, or Sandgren.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    Post this before in the Denis Villeneuve Announced as Bond 26 Director thread
    With him big possible Roger Deakins (Skyfall, Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049) wil return that something i hope won't happen. I prefer a film Cinematographer. Or there will go for Bradford Young a dop who worked on Arrival and Pawn Sacrifice. Some of what he working on feels Skyfall, Spectre and QOS.


  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I have always dreamed of a Bond film shot by Dante Spinotti. He's still active, despite having been in this business for almost 45 years already. He has shot some of Michael Mann's best films.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Greg Frasier signed on to do the four Mendes Beatles films. So no Batman 2 or Bond 26 for him.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    ArapahoeBondFan wrote: »
    Not to derail the thread but, wasn't there a work on cinematography advertised at the MI6 HQ site? It was either an autobiography of a cinematographer or generally about Bond films.
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    Was it this? That's the one I remember being on there.

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/literature_syd_cain_not_forgetting_james_bond
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    Greg Frasier signed on to do the four Mendes Beatles films. So no Batman 2 or Bond 26 for him.

    Yeah I noticed that too. I think we should anticipate the return of Linus Sandgren.
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Greg Frasier signed on to do the four Mendes Beatles films. So no Batman 2 or Bond 26 for him.

    Yeah I noticed that too. I think we should anticipate the return of Linus Sandgren.

    I wouldn’t have a problem either that, the cinematography was great.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    I’d be fine with him too. He’s doing Dune 3 anyway so it’d be practical. He’s connected to some Evil Knevil Damien Chazelle thing in early pre-production I guess (according to IMDB anyway, which in practice isn’t always accurate about these things, especially early stage projects, and it still seems to list Leonardo DiCaprio as the lead even though other reports say he’s not connected to it) So he potentially has a clear schedule, or at least they have an opportunity to get him. It’d bring a minor bit of continuity to the later EON era, and one thing that can be said about NTTD is it’s a very stylish film.
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
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    007HallY wrote: »
    I’d be fine with him too. He’s doing Dune 3 anyway so it’d be practical. He’s connected to some Evil Knevil Damien Chazelle thing in early pre-production I guess (according to IMDB anyway, which in practice isn’t always accurate about these things, especially early stage projects, and it still seems to list Leonardo DiCaprio as the lead even though other reports say he’s not connected to it) So he potentially has a clear schedule, or at least they have an opportunity to get him. It’d bring a minor bit of continuity to the later EON era, and one thing that can be said about NTTD is it’s a very stylish film.

    Sandgren also shot Noah Baumbach’s new film Jay Kelly, which was produced by Heyman and Pascal, so I suppose he’s got an ‘in’ with all three of the creative leads on this one and that help could boost his chances of returning to Bond further. I believe he’d be the first DoP to do two back-to-back Bond films since Alec Mills in the Dalton era if he were to do this one.

    Re: the Evel Knevil biopic, it’s definitely on hold: the trades reported in May that Chazelle’s now pivoted to doing a prison drama starring Daniel Craig and Cillian Murphy later this year. I imagine given Sandgren’s Dune commitments he’s gonna have to sit it out.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    K2WI wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I’d be fine with him too. He’s doing Dune 3 anyway so it’d be practical. He’s connected to some Evil Knevil Damien Chazelle thing in early pre-production I guess (according to IMDB anyway, which in practice isn’t always accurate about these things, especially early stage projects, and it still seems to list Leonardo DiCaprio as the lead even though other reports say he’s not connected to it) So he potentially has a clear schedule, or at least they have an opportunity to get him. It’d bring a minor bit of continuity to the later EON era, and one thing that can be said about NTTD is it’s a very stylish film.

    Sandgren also shot Noah Baumbach’s new film Jay Kelly, which was produced by Heyman and Pascal, so I suppose he’s got an ‘in’ with all three of the creative leads on this one and that help could boost his chances of returning to Bond further. I believe he’d be the first DoP to do two back-to-back Bond films since Alec Mills in the Dalton era if he were to do this one.

    Re: the Evel Knevil biopic, it’s definitely on hold: the trades reported in May that Chazelle’s now pivoted to doing a prison drama starring Daniel Craig and Cillian Murphy later this year. I imagine given Sandgren’s Dune commitments he’s gonna have to sit it out.

    Well there you go. My money would be on Sandgren then, rightly or wrongly. Didn’t know about that connection to the producers.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
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    I would prefer if Hoyte van Hoytema made a return. The cinematography on Spectre was a highlight of the film. With No Time To Die, I didn't like the surrealist aspect of some of the scenes. Hoyte made Spectre look both old-fashioned as well as modern which was nice.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    One of the interesting things about Craig’s films is how they largely straddle the line between modern aesthetics and with Bond’s 20th century roots. I thought that came off even stronger with Dennis Gassner’s production design. It would have been easy to have a SPECTRE meeting take place somewhere high tech to reflect the age of cyber terrorism, but they deliberately had it take place in an old hall in Rome, which gives it a more timeless quality. Saving the high tech stuff more for the HQ, which is just a hallway full of computer monitors that you would have seen in an old sci-fi movie from the 70s. All that was missing were consoles with random blinking lights.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I thought the crater base had a nice 50s feel to it even, and sort of felt more Fleming to me than even the base in Dr No or anything like that.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    If they announce Deakins is returning to bond it will be game set match. Bond 26 could be the best looking Bond ever.
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