My Quantum of Solace Film Season

In case you've somehow failed to notice, Quantum of Solace, the 22nd official James Bond film, hits UK cinemas this Friday. I'm more than a tad excited (and considerably annoyed that I won't be able to make it to the first screening in my area thanks to a seminar), and to celebrate I'm having myself a sort-of mini-ish film season-thing. Which I have dubbed My Quantum of Solace Film Season. You might've guessed that from the post's title.

The selection process is quite simple: one film a day, each representing a different key member of QoS's cast, plus one for director Marc Forster; and, to comply with 100 Films' normal rules, all films I've never seen before. Well, that was the idea, but as with any good plan some changes have had to be made -- there's no film for Judi Dench, for example (well, other than a certain already-seen previous entry in the franchise), and I initially forgot Daniel Craig. Ha! Luckily I could switch him in for Jeffrey Wright by virtue of the fact they both appeared in The Invasion. Then there's a double bill to try to get (almost) everyone in, and a film I've seen before too. "Oops." (It was also entirely unintentional that all but the first and last films are from 2007.) Naturally, things come to a close with QoS itself on Friday, so thanks to only having thought of this plan yesterday my time to watch things is rather limited.

Anyway, you don't really care about all that. Here's the schedule:

Sunday 26th October: The Director
Marc Forster's Stay.

Monday 27th October: The Villain
Mathieu Amalric ('Dominic Greene') stars in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Tuesday 28th October: The Girls
A double bill for Bond's two new women. Gemma Arterton ('Agent Fields') stars in St. Trinian's followed by Olga Kurylenko ('Camille') in Hitman.

Wednesday 29th October: The Spies
Daniel Craig ('James Bond', donchaknow) stars -- with support from Jeffrey Wright ('Felix Leiter') -- in The Invasion.

Thursday 30th October: The First Part
As has been (very) widely reported, QoS is the first Bond-sequel, starting within an hour of Casino Royale's climax. As such, it seems only appropriate to watch the preceding film the night before. (I've seen CR several times but will be reviewing it anyway, in light of having seen QoS, if that makes any difference.)

Friday 31st October: The Point
Ba-da, dum... ba-da, dum... ba-da ba-da-da! Phonetic renderings of iconic theme tunes aside, Bond is back! Hurray!

The exact order is subject to change depending on how readily I can get hold of the films (I only own two of the six), but that's the plan. Last time I tried to watch a film a day I failed miserably, so we'll see how this goes.