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Comparisons to Anthony Hopkins's Oscar-winning turn in The Silence Of The Lambs are not inappropriate. Like Hannibal Lecter, this Joker is an eloquent psychopath who manages, in very little screen time, to foster a disquieting intimacy with the audience
It's very clear to me that times have changed. Things go back and forth. The bad guy is not pure evil any more and Bond is not pure good. But he is still a mystery to us, which is part of his continuing success. Bond isn't a character who will ever talk emotionally about himself, which is why I created ...
There are fewer studio hassles than you'd normally expect on a movie with a budget of $200million because it's their franchise. Everything starts and ends with them. They really tried to support my vision as much as they could.
I don't shout 'action' ... My first AD (assistant director) suddenly started saying it, so I thought, 'OK, he enjoys it, so let him.
I wanted to go deeper into Bond's psyche and reflect his state of mind ... No Bond film had been done in the desert before. It's a great metaphor. There's this rough, hard shell around Bond, but inside he's just the opposite.
Bond is in a very different place now
The job is done and the bitch is dead.
What does it mean for Bond to lose someone when he himself takes other people's lives? All of this has made him psychologically more vulnerable and even a little cynical. He is unable to trust anyone. For me, the central theme of Quantum of Solace is trust.
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