It is difficult to think of a more compact, intense and overwhelming work in the form and content of “Skyfall” within the entire saga starring James Bond. Having the great Sam Mendes, a director who has no films below notable, was a gamble as bold as it was consistent and, of course, the move didn’t go badly.
10 facts about an essential Bond: ‘Skyfall’
1 exclusive shots
Incredible as it may sound, ‘Skyfall’ was the second film in the Bond saga in which its protagonist suffered a gunshot wound. The only previous occasion this event had occurred was in “Operación Thunder”, a film released in 1965.
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Two united by sport
The connection Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem found while filming ‘Skyfall’ It was nothing more and nothing less than rugby, sport that both actors practiced during their youth. To be exact, the former was part of the Hoylake Rugby Football Club team and Spanish interpreter of the French Liceo Rugby Club.
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3 The role of Dench
The wonderful Judi Dench has more screen time in “Skyfall” than Desmond Llewelyn had as Q in seventeen films. British royalty that performs.
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4 worry about time
Daniel Craig himself admitted he was concerned at the time about production delays affecting “Skyfall”, assuring that he was looking forward to being Bond again. considering his 43 years, an age he considered too high to face such a physically demanding character. Indeed, Craig used to start preparing six months before filming began. with daily two-hour training sessions.
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5 Success
‘Skyfall’ is the most successful Bond film at the international box office in the history of the sagathus assuming a commercial victory that is as overwhelming as it is just.
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6 failed wishes
In an interview with Rolling Stone on the occasion of the promotion of the film, Daniel Craig confessed that he wanted “Skyfall” to be his last film as Bond, assuring that he wanted to leave the saga from the moment he entered. However, the actor not only did not realize his dreams, but he also starred in two other episodes: the failed “Ghost” and the magnificent “There is no time to die”.
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7 Bardem styles
During his casting test, Javier Bardem told Sam Mendes that he would like to make some changes to his character’s appearance in the film, especially in hair and eye color. After getting the director’s approval, the actor went to work and appeared on the first day of shooting with the unforgettable Silva look, something that made many of the people on set not recognize him.
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8 space option
While it is impossible to imagine a better option than Javier Bardem for the role of Silva, Sam Mendes had previously offered the character to himself Kevin Spacey, actor he worked with on his impressive debut: ‘American Beauty’. The protagonist of ‘House of Cards’ had to turn down the proposal due to programming problems, which made him very angry as he is a huge fan of the Bond saga.
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9 digital link
‘Skyfall’ has become the first Bond film shot entirely in digital, format that had been used earlier in the saga, but in a very specific way, for a single scene of the disastrous ‘Quantum of Solace’. In addition, it is also the first episode in which the Arri Alexa Studio camera was used, selected by the wonderful cinematographer Roger Deakins in order to have an optical viewfinder.
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10 total secrecy
According to Judi Dench herself, the secrecy surrounding the plot of “Skyfall” was so wild that each of the advance copies of the script that were delivered prior to shooting were individually sealedwhich made it possible to specifically track each recipient in case plot details were disclosed through negligence.
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The British director brought elegance and craftsmanship to a film that, if it was a simple commission, doesn’t seem like it at any point. Brilliant in the most intimate scenes, Mendes underlines the power of him in moments of action, epic and aesthetic, frenetic and hypnotic, demonstrating a perfect beat for the most spectacular cinema. On the other hand, in front of the camera, ‘Skyfall’ also does not find the error. Daniel Craig hasn’t been better in any of his installments as Bond, Javier Bardem is a simply perfect villain, and watching the huge Judi Dench almost become the protagonist is a gift.
It is a film that lives in a permanent crescendo, albeit starting from a very high level, and that ends up completing its mission of reinvent, rebuild and shape a wounded hero with the clues it has been collecting for over fifty years with an ending that puts it on the same level as a classic. A masterpiece.
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