Sunday, November 16, 2008

Live and Let Die Heimatstadt



I saw Quantum of Solace this morning.

The action was great - especially a fight on some scaffolding - though the director used the trick of alternating between two different action sequences too often. The story was harsh and violent; all the charming clownishness of Roger Moore is gone, thank God, but this did seem meaner and messier than was necessary, even if this may be closer to the tone of Fleming's novels. Daniel Craig and the script succeeded in making Bond more of a real person, and, of course, Judi Dench was a joy to watch: strong yet funny and infinitely believable.

But absolutely the coolest thing about it was that the movie went to Bregenz, the city in Austria where I was born. I've seen literally thousands of movies, but none of them have every taken place in Bregenz. It didn't show much of the city - only the Volksopera, really - and I haven't seen the place since I was twelve myself, but still it was Bregenz!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

very cool for you
i know if they ever set a film in quinlan
it would have to be about crystal meth

Mike Ellis, The Jolly Reprobate said...

You and Wes took me to Quinlan once, and I'm pretty sure they've shot some pornos there. Really sleezy, straight pornos, probably involving farm animals.