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Boat scene
Another oddity in that film IMO is in the PTS when that piece of metal juts out the side of the truck's bumper and shish kebabs the Aston's door. To me it always seemed like another case of inventing something that doesn't make sense just to pull off a cool-looking stunt.
Also the PTS, where there was some kind of stunt involving the Aston flipping onto its side in the quarry which was shot but cut out. I don't think that one has ever been solved..?
My guess is that maybe it's part of him trying to reach the gun? Maybe as the car roof hits the wall, it rights itself and the gun sort of flips up into his hand and he turns and shoots the baddies? That sequence could do with him doing something Bondy and I think that would help, if it was that. It does happen at that final part of the chase when they're passing the tractor; maybe something similar happened with the boat chase where they edited it together and it was too hard to follow with all the shots needed to tell the story.
Wow, thanks for sharing that one. My uneducated guess would be they thought the car would hit the digger slightly and then torn on its side, or just on two wheels, then fall back again. When they're doing the filming inside (with the mock-up car on a truck and turning it) it doesn't go that far.
Still, indeed, it makes little sense, as the car would probably just swing its back out if it hit de digger like that.
That said my step-father (RIP) once ran onto the back of a tractor like that. He didn't flip over, but was launched by the (turning) wheel of the tractor, flying through the air with his Peugeot 406 and ending in a ditch.
He wasn't trying to do anything Bondian mind you, he was just trying to change the radio station. And yes, he lived to tell the tale, allthough quite bruised.
It's quite interesting how many shots of that stunt that vid pulls together: it looks like a similar thing to what your stepfather experienced: the Aston hits the rear wheel of the tractor, is flipped on its side, then in the footage from what looks like a RTL behind-the-scenes programme at the start of the vid, you can see them filming the car from behind as it hits the wall and lands back on its wheels. They're also doing or rehearsing shots of Bond inside on the rolling rig.
It's quite interesting watching the finished sequence: there's no shots of the Aston driving past the tractor, apart from a really close-up shot of its bodywork which could come from anywhere- there is a hole where this stunt was. There is a shot of Bond's hand holding the gun and moving, I wonder how that shot started- we never see him actually grab the gun. I feel like this stunt must have had something to do with Bond's attempt to get the gun as it's what ends this little part, unless Bond shooting the car was planned to come later and it was pieced together in the edit.
One curious thing is there's a shot of them filming the Aston just driving past the tractor at slow speed with a Carabinieri Land Rover following, even though in the finished scene that had already crashed at that point (I like that the Aston is towing an old tyre behind, presumably as a mark for the Land Rover driving to know how close to follow for the camera!). Was there more than one Land Rover and that got cut out?
Incidentally, apropos of nothing, I just happened to pause that vid on this frame by accident, and how cool is this shot?! I feel like that could be the poster on its own!
And yes, that shot is epic. I've always loved this chase and especially this moment.
I do like the chase, but it ends so suddenly and without Bond doing A Big Cool Thing: he just shoots them -and with a gun we didn't know was there until a few seconds before (I know it's introduced at the end of CR, but that was two years ago!). Also I guess it's not ideal that two consecutive action scenes in the film climax with Bond trying to grab a gun before the baddie shoots him, then grabbing the gun and shooting them :D
The Spectre Rome car chase is worse, but I think what it does do right is build up to a climax, and Bond does a Bond thing at the end of it.