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Think he may well have been second to Villeneuve if rumours are to be believed.
I like Berger as a director. I’d be interested.
I feel as though he could take what Villeneuve does and just oil the hinges and loosen things up a bit, at least looking at Ballard of a small player, I see the potential.
Yeah! My feeling as well. I mean Conclave and All Quiet aren’t exactly a ball of laughs…
There are many different Bond films so technically you can hire very different directors.
…but Deutschland 83 was a pretty funny spy miniseries. He’s got range, and could go either way.
Dunno 🤷, haven’t seen it. I’ve only watched his stuff that he’s recently done. Was it funny? I think the guy is an exceptional talent, with keen eye for cinematic imagery, but, at least in his recent work, it seems to shows a filmmaker exploring themes that are pretty deep and thought provoking. I never got a sense of him exactly being a ball of laughs. Nor the material he chooses.
Deutschland 83 has a streak of black comedy running through it, though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a comedy. I really liked. I think gallows humour works well for Bond, and Berger might well be a good fit, if he was interested. Of course you might be right in thinking he wouldn’t go for it at this stage of his career, though, not when he seems to be able to get funding for whatever he wants to shoot.
If you could get any script of yours made, would you write a Bond film, or would you write something original?
I would never want to write a Bond film.
I can’t fully believe that @peter you would at least want to share a few ideas, like me :)
No, I’d never want to write a Bond film. Script doctoring, yeah. Absolutely. Writing one from scratch? Never. I couldn’t do it.
Thank you, I’m mostly well! As you said, maybe script doctoring, definitely tossing ideas out for use (as long as I get some form of credit). Other than that, I have a Bond short story in mind. I hope you are doing well yourself!
Keep writing, ✍️, Max. It’s a great exercise for the brain, and opens up that creativity!
Thank you for the encouragement @peter its always good to hear from you and your opinions, Bond or not.
Same for Patrick Melrose. And that’s a great way of putting it - that gallows humour could work for Bond. I’d be interested.
Also writing (or doing anything) for Bond seems like a burden of a task, but a really compelling one. Not for the faint hearted, but probably an amazing experience for those who are lucky enough to be involved.
One thing that I noticed with Richard Maibaum was that for all of his ego and criticizing others, he really did have a passion for Bond. In his interviews, he didn’t hide his passion. You could tell that he truly enjoyed writing them (usually by himself, obviously). With interviews with Purvis and Wade, I don’t fully get that feeling, even with them both being big Fleming fans. Plus, some of their more recent comments make me feel like it’s time for them to move on. Even some big named authors have turned down writing a Bond novel because of the pressure and lack of creative control (Lee Child for one). For all we know, there could be a third writer with Steven Knight and Denis Villeneuve. Possibly for the next Bond movie after this one.