#sam mendes

Monica Bellucci in Spectre (2015), dir. Sam Mendes

If we assume that these films will be covering the story in chronological order, these photos indicate that it will break down like this: Paul is early days/Beatlemania, Ringo is Pepper era, John is White Album/Let it Be, and George is post-breakup. Of course, all four will appear in all four films, and this could just be random. The distinctness of each photo seems telling though.

Skyfall (2012)

Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Like, at this point, Ringo wants to be rid of all these nut cases.

Given Sullivan's moral ambiguity, Sam Mendes was keen to keep the audience at a distance from Tom Hanks' character for the first part of the film. He and Hall achieved this through lighting and composition. "Tom is an actor audiences feel they know very well, and I wanted them to have to lean forward to try to penetrate the inner world of the characters, especially his," Mendes says. "So in scene after scene, Tom is either partially obscured or seen through doorways, and he disappears into shadow and then reappears. We always used wide lenses and stayed a distance from him." The paintings of Edward Hopper were a primary reference for the filmmakers. According to Scott Sakamoto [camera operator], "We did a lot of tableau shots, wide shots that let the actors move within the frame, and we didn't move the camera much. Sam lets his actors tell the story within the frame." — American Cinematographer, August 2002