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"Sam Mendes has revealed why he chose to end Skyfall with the iconic gunbarrel sequence. The 007 movies have traditionally opened with a shot of Bond turning to fire at an unseen sniper followed by blood dribbling down the screen.  Daniel Craig&amp;#039;s Casino Royale built the sequence into a scene of Bond&amp;#039;s first kill, while Skyfall continued the trend set by Quantum of Solace by placing it at the end of the movie. Speaking at a &amp;#039;Meet the Filmmaker&amp;#039; Q&amp;amp;A at Apple&amp;#039;s Regent Street store, Mendes said Skyfall&amp;#039;s opening shot meant he couldn&amp;#039;t kick off the film with the iconic gunbarrel shot.  &amp;quot;I tried very hard to [place] it at the beginning, my intention was always to do that,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;If you see the film, the film starts with Bond walking down a corridor towards camera and lifting a gun. &amp;quot;The gunbarrel is him walking, stopping and lifting a gun. When I put the two together it looked ridiculous - shoot the gun already! We tried and couldn&amp;#039;t make it work. &amp;quot;I won&amp;#039;t give away why I think it works very well at the end, but it just worked out that way because of the Bond theme and all that sort of stuff.&amp;quot; Mendes added that he grew up a fan of the traditional Bond film opening, saying: &amp;quot;I remember when I was a kid thinking that it was almost the best bit. Everything is possible in that moment, it&amp;#039;s like Christmas Eve!&amp;quot; Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli recently told Digital Spy that she would &amp;quot;love&amp;quot; Mendes to return to helm more Bond outings. The Oscar-winning American Beauty director has refused to completely rule out a return to the series. &amp;gt; B\u00C3\u00A9r\u00C3\u00A9nice Marlohe: &amp;#039;I would love to be the Joker in the next Batman&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Daniel Craig denies that Bond 24, 25 will be two-parter Photo gallery - Skyfall in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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