Of course… „better“ storytelling… yeah, Sarandos would know.
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So DJT has it reinforced that he can pay off any problem…
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It’s called “Gleichschaltung”
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This.
It’s so frightening to witness how gradually this works. Again.
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Leaving this here for various tangents on film making and particularly Bond film making…
“So I saw this thing and I thought, ‘well, OK that’s the end of one part of entertainment history and the beginning of another’,” he said on The Rest is Entertainment podcast. Osman added: “TikTok, ads, trailers – anything like that – I will say will be majority AI-assisted by 2027.”
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And again, amidst all the enthusiasm for the shiny new toy, people forget that it only mixes previous ideas, ruins people‘s lives by destroying their jobs, makes everybody lazy and lose abilities.
Welcome to WALL-E becoming a documentary.
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Frankly I’m astonished how comparatively little concern there’s on display for whole branches of artistry and craftsmanship possibly disappearing in a blink.
Mallal calls his use of AI to make films “prompt craft”, a phrase that uses the term for giving instructions to AI systems. When making the Ukraine film, he says he was amazed at how quickly a camera angle or lighting tone could be adjusted with a few taps on a keyboard.
“I’m deep into AI. I’ve learned how to prompt engineer. I’ve learned how to translate my skills as a director into prompting. But I’ve never produced anything creative from that. Then Veo3 comes out, and I said, ‘OK, finally, we’re here.’”
Why actually does Mallal think it needs a director to ‘prompt craft’? Or anybody properly trained in any art whatsoever? Once AI becomes easily accessible people will just prompt their own content…
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That‘s it exactly. They created millions of competitors which will put them out of business.
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I came across these two links today for the first two drafts of Superman by Mario Puzo and thought some might be interested.
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Wow! Thank you!
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Pretentious wan.er he is a bit, asking after CR if he can kill Bond? Should have stopped after the interviewer told him that he´s the best Bond…
Can a person really be pretentious if they’re aware of their ‘pretentiousness’ and acknowledge it?
Craig strikes me as a far more down-to-earth individual than that word suggests.
Beneath the scarf, he strikes me as a reflective and self-effacing man, aware of the silliness of his profession, while also admiring the craft and loving what he does. I like that.
I also rather admire the chutzpah in asking that question ‘can we kill him off’. I think it’s open to question just how serious and formal a demand it was ever intended to be. I’ve always assumed it was said more in the spirit of a dare than a demand, and the story has perhaps acquired apocryphal status in the retelling (though I’m open to being corrected on that).
I enjoyed the interview and I struggle to imagine any other Bond actor (save perhaps Dalton) giving responses of such thought and humility.
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I agree with you, and I‘ve come around on Craig in his many interviews trying to distance himself from the role.
That distance was no surprise, really, because he knew from the start that he rather wanted to have a career playing very different roles, yet Bond would forever overshadow his work.
I guess I reacted snarky to these kinds of interviews because at that time I just wanted more Bond films and saw Craig as one major reason why EON did not want to make more.
After my rewatch sessions I appreciated Craig as Bond so much more again, and I agree that he was a terrific Bond.
Still, I cannot say he reinvented Bond as radically as Kermode (not a fan of Bond by the way) says, and I don’t think you can say who was the best Bond anyway - it’s all about preference.
In any event, I am glad that Bond brought Craig the freedom to choose whatever he wants to do, and I am absolutely excited for his third Benoit Blanc.
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Well said. I’ve never bought into the perception that Craig didn’t care about Bond. A derogatory tag of pretentious doesn’t align with that idea either. I see a man who did want the films to be the best they could be, and push the boundaries a little further than before.
I don’t care what he’s said in the past either. Comments can sound worse in print, be out of context and said in a throwaway manner. The Connery and Dalton influences say to me his approach to the material was taken seriously, and he very much understood the pressure of succeeding in such an iconic part. His sole piece of advice to his successor is not to be bad - I’m using less colourful language than Craig for that last word. That’s not someone who underestimates or disrespects the role.
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But why even think about it at that time after his first film? As an unknown whose biggest gig was the henchman in Tomb Raider?
I would understand if Connery asked the question after the journalists started following him into toilets…
Yes, but in every interview he sounds like the Bond role was beneath him…
Congrats on taking football home. Again.
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