Film Club – 28 October 2008: Layer Cake
Just in time to whet your appetite for A Quantum of Solace (released in the UK on 31st October) we are showing Layer Cake; one of Daniel Craig’s first leading roles.
When the film was released in 2004, rumours were circulating that Pierce Brosnan was not going to be hired to play Bond for a fifth time; pushing 50, and never one to obsess over his physique, Brosnan was in danger of heading into late-Roger-Moore territory. That led to the inevitable speculation over who would be next in the chair, with Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman and even Ewan McGregor among the bookie’s favourites. My money was on Clive Owen until I watched Daniel Craig in this.
So why start blogging now?
I’ve had a nagging feeling for some time that I really should have a blog – after all, all the cool kids have been doing it for years*. Trouble is, the fact that everyone else is doing it is pretty much the best guarantee that I won’t do something.
Honestly, I’m terrible; if I’m ordering a meal and more than one person orders the thing I was planning to have, I generally won’t order it, even if I really like it. It’s not single-mindedness; it’s embarrassment.
The obligatory first post
A moment of history. I’ll get better with practice.