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Not many filmmakers have an oeuvre as diverse as Sam Mendes, the director’s filmography boasting everything from war to melodrama to dramedy to period gangster to James Bond film. Despite winning a Best Director Oscar for his debut feature, American Beauty, Mendes is now best known, commercially at least, for the last entry on that list, James Bond.
Skyfall, his first Bond film, was a rousing success, such to the extent that it’s widely – and rightly – regarded as one of the very best Bond films.
In this episode of James Bond Revisited, we take a look back at the most financially successful 007 movie of al time, Sam Mendes' Skyfall!
Let's take a look at several feats, or ‘magic tricks’ that director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins successfully attempted to achieve their vision for 1917.
Sometimes harrowing, always cinematic, 1917 shines the spotlight on a sometimes overlooked setting: World War I. Often passed over in favour of the second world war that followed, the period still has plenty of stories to offer. These are some of the best.
