Forster recollects `Quantum of Solace` ahead of DVD release

With the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of Quantum Of Solace just around the corner Den of Geek were lucky enough to see a special HD presentation of Bond's latest escapade, followed by a Q&A with the movie’s director, Marc Forster.

Regardless of your opinion of the movie (I've sure you've all seen it by now), it looks fantastic on the big screen. The opening shot just feet above the water with the oncoming car chase looks magnificent in HD, the quality is impeccable. It manages to hit a balance between a traditional film look but with stunning detail and clarity. Marc Forster is a surprisingly visual director for someone so grounded in character and emotion.

When Forster takes to the stage the first thing you notice about the guy is his large forehead, but I guess that holds the wealth of information he will talk at length about during the course of the next hour and a half. This guy can talk... and when he does it's instantly apparent that the emotional side of story telling is where his (unsmall) head is at.

Although being a self confessed Bond fan, at first he didn't want to make the movie, he wanted to film something on a smaller scale. "My agent called me and said ‘are you interested in the next Bond film?’ I said not really."

It was, in fact, his meeting with Daniel Craig that convinced him otherwise "he comes from a similar background that I do, he comes from independent film, we have similar sensibilities".

Eventually Forster decided "this could be interesting, I never made a big commercial movie".

Big and commercial it certainly was.

The director of the last year’s biggest action movie is a softly spoken, well educated, good humoured German born Swiss dude. And although his English is fantastic, the quotes below aren't quite perfect. But here are his most interesting comments of the night...

On his history with Bond:
"When I was studying in New York I took a week and just watched all the Bond movies. I really loved all the ones from the 60s with Sean Connery like Doctor No and Goldfinger. But I also loved the George Lazenby 'On Her Majesties Secret Service', I though it was an underrated movie"

"When I made this movie (QoS) I wanted to throw in elements of the 60s, reminiscent of nostalgia but at the same time making a movie that is modern."

On the script:
"What scared me a little bit when I first signed on was that there wasn't really a script but there was a release date. I can't recommend it."

"It needed more development. I worked on it myself at one point with another uncredited writer. I wanted a realistic portrayal of a secret agent".

Read the complete interview at Den of Geek

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