Making his escape, Bond unceremoniously dumps Q’s precious prototype in the Tiber at Ponte Sisto, the arched 15th Century bridge in Rome's historic centre, which connects Via dei Pettinari to Piazza Trilussa in the Trastevere district. Nevertheless, as 007 is discovered and makes his escape, the ensuing car chase really is through the streets of Rome, through St Peter’s Square, and down the steps of the Scalo De Pinedo to Lungotevere, the road which runs along the bank of the River Tiber, where Bond at last manages to activate one of the motor’s useful gizmos. Odd camera angles and lighting disguise this familiar location, seen in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, The Avengers (1998), Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet and Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon among other films.ĭisappointingly, the palazzo’s vast marble-walled hall, in which Bond first sees the supposedly long-dead Franz Oberhauser ( Christoph Waltz) is no more than a set built on the famous 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios. In the end, the exterior seen in the film is that of Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill in the village of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Originally, this was supposed to have been filmed at the Palazzo Reale in Caserta, near Naples (seen as the ‘Theed Palace of Naboo’ in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace). Spectre film location: the secret meeting at 'Palazzo Cadenza': Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire | Photograph: Wikimedia / Alexanderm14įrom here, he goes on to infiltrate a high-level secret meeting in the ‘Palazzo Cadenza’.
When it transpires that Bond has been acting on his own initiative, he’s summoned to London and one of those stern dressings down from the new M ( Ralph Fiennes). Unlike the Gothic gloominess surrounding death in European culture, the Day Of The Dead is a colourful event with sugar skulls, marigolds, the favorite foods and beverages left as gifts at the graves of the departed. It originated in the old Mesoamerican culture, when it was celebrated in early summer, but the coming of Europeans saw it moved to the end of October to coincide with Catholic All Souls Day celebrations.
The public holiday of El Día de Muertos is celebrated throughout Mexico (especially the Central and South regions) as a time remember and pray for those who’ve died. Usually called the Zócalo, the second largest square in the world, after Moscow’s Red Square, can also be seen in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic. Amid the mayhem, Bond commandeers a getaway ’copter which has touched down among the crowds on the vast Plaza de la Constitución.
The seemingly simple task triggers off – almost literally – catastrophe. The same hotel was featured in the 1989 Bond film Licence To Kill, with Timothy Dalton as 007. The skull-masked reveler (who turns out to be Bond) mingling with the crowd suddenly ducks into the flamboyant lobby of the Gran Hotel Ciudad De Mexico, Avenue 16 de Septiembre 82, making his way to the roof where he’s on a mission to take out the assassin Sciarra in a neighbouring building. Spectre kicks off with enormous confidence and a stonking teaser sequence (seemingly influenced by the legendary tracking shot which opened Orson Welles’s Touch Of Evil) set in Mexico City during spectacular El Día de Muertos (Day Of The Dead) celebrations. It’s early days so there may be minor spoilers – though I can’t imagine what hasn’t already leaked on the net.īuoyed by the enormous success of Skyfall, there seem to be more genuine locations this time around (much of the previous film’s ‘Hong Kong’ section was filmed in London).
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