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“It seems that the script is sometimes an after-thought on huge productions.
‘Yes and you swear that you’ll never get involved with shit like that, and it happens. On “Quantum”, we were fucked. We had the bare bones of a script and then there was a writers’ strike and there was nothing we could do. We couldn’t employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, “Never again”, but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes – and a writer I am not.’” Daniel Craig on Quantum of Solace

“Binder, in cooperation with Brownjohn, topped and tailed the titles for From Russia With Love . Binder’s famous gun barrel sequence opens the film by putting the audience inside the shaft of a gun as the weapon scans the screen. The figure of James Bond appears within the white circle of light that represents the view from that position. Bond crouches and fires, leaving a red stain which runs slowly down the screen (fig.32). This sequence was lifted straight from Dr No and was subsequently used to open every James Bond film. It was remade several times to accommodate a range of James Bonds wearing a variety of trouser widths. While the title sequences were part of the Bond brand image, it was this sequence that became the trademark.” Typotheque: Taking Credit: Film title sequences, 1955-1965 / 7: Sex and Typography: From Russia With Love, 1963 by Emily King

“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. […] The things you own, end up owning you.” Tyler Durden in Fight Club