Large parts of Mexico City’s historic downtown had to be shut down to accommodate the filming, which took place over 10 days in March of 2015. Mexico City’s first-ever Day of the Dead parade, 2016. Mexican chambers of commerce speak of a “Season of the Dead,” running from October 29 to November 2, as an important tourism season, bringing much-needed income to certain rural areas. Tourism is one of Mexico’s main sources of income, earning hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and even surpassing oil revenue in the first part of 2016. There are many traditions across Mexico that are associated with Day of the Dead, but a parade through downtown Mexico City has never been one of them.īringing Bond to Mexico City was part of a project to promote the capital as a major tourism destination.
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There was only one problem: the tradition depicted in the movie was completely made up. Sony Pictures even let Mexican authorities make certain changes to the script, including featuring a major Mexican actress, Stephanie Sigman, as the “Bond girl” and making the villains another nationality than Mexican. Leaked documents show that Mexican officials offered Sony Pictures millions of dollars in tax incentives in exchange for featuring the capital city in the Bond film. Mexico City fought hard for its eight minutes in Spectre. The sequence features stunning shots of Mexico City landmarks, including the Zócalo, the city’s main square, and the Torre Latinoamericana, a towering 1950s skyscraper.
In a pre-credit sequence in Spectre, Sam Mendes’ second Bond film as director, and Daniel Craig’s last as the title character, 007 thwarts a terrorist plot in during a Day of the Dead parade in downtown Mexico City, chasing the Italian bad guys around giant skeleton floats, and through a crowd of thousands of revelers wearing elaborate costumes. Mexico’s famous Day of the Dead traditions might change because of eight minutes of Hollywood film. The opening scene of the Bond film Spectre, showing a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City.
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