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Distribution Before Production
Shervin Youssefian (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1352346/) is a young 27-year old Armenian filmmaker who took filmmaking to a whole new level. After graduating from the University of Northridge, he immediately founded Miran Films; a Los Angeles...
From High School Summer Camp to Cinematographer for the Stars
Jeremy Jackson, a student at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, enrolled in a Digital Video Production summer course at iD Tech Camps UCLA location. At this weeklong, hands-on technology summer program for ages 7-17 located at...
Home Theater Audio Setup
Your home theater audio setup will depend on the space available to you, what kind of signal your receiver can carry, and the number of speakers you have. With proper setup, it doesn't matter if you have a simple stereo audio setup or a complex...
Joshua Tyler
I always feel a little guilty whenever I spend any of this space talking about Star Wars. It’s such a cliché, over-discussed geek topic. I try to avoid it. It keeps sucking me back in. To the point, the new Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the...
Samurai Sword Basics, A Brief History
Capturing the spirit of old Japan and recognised by its deadly curvature, the samurai sword is widely recognised throughout the world as the most deadly of all Japanese weaponry. Although gaining modern fame and notoriety in modern epic cinema in...
Television Is Not Just A Piece Of Furniture
Television is something we are all familiar with. TVs can be found in practically every house in the world. TVs come in many different sizes and shapes and even colors. There are flat screens, plasma screens, big screens, under the cabinet TVs and...
The Allure Of Solvents and Chip Shops
I was five when I saw this older kid racing stock cars. Admittedly, he was playing Stock Car Star and it was a Pocketeer ™ game. There were none of the graphics you get with PS2, granted. But that probably has something to do with there having been...
The Great Guitar Playing Secret
So, you want to be a guitar player huh? You want to strut like Chuck Berry, be as cool as Keith Richards, rock like Jimi Hendrix and astound like Steve Vai. You want to wake up in the morning a beginner and go to bed at night an expert. You want to...
The Hollywood Hills have eyes
The co authors of Looking for Harvey Weinstein tell the world the tale of what happened to them in Hollywood.
The true story of Looking for Harvey Weinstein.
A self published journal of two British women’s unorthodox quest for a...
The Power Of Hollywood On Youngsters
Movies can have such a powerful effect on worldwide audiences that many fear that the new wave of films can be detrimental to society. Michael Moore and his latest films (Bowling for Columbine and Farenheit/911) are prime examples of what...
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Sin City; Antagonist Fatalism or the Ultimate Good vs. Evil?
The Sin City DVD blew my mind, or maybe I should say, warped my
mind. I haven't been a great fan of Graphic Novels, but this
movie encouraged me to purchase a few of the Sin City books.
Frank Miller's now famous, series creations have taken us into
the world of a bizarre surreal environment of death, destruction
and gallows underbelly lifestyles.
Is the story telling and artistry supposed to show a world we
hope would never exist in our white bread world? Or is it an
ultimate achievement of good (disguised as part of the
underbelly) trying to subdue evil? I prefer to think the latter.
The film itself is a work of pure cinematography genius. With
the classic film noir overlay and the visual tricks and special
effects, it looks as if you would open the Sin City graphic
novel and have the pages come to life. This, I do believe, is
the closest I have seen a movie come to the actual artwork and
content of the original paper versions.
The very concept and style of Sin City, whether it be the movie
or the novels, is not for everyone. The plot and violence are
very graphic and definitely not for younger audiences. But as
graphic as the movie is, due to the nature of the moving comic
book background, it doesn't bring out the reality and gore that
could have been pictured. Personally, I enjoyed this toning
down. I would hate to think that I could actually condone this
kind of violent activity.
Robert Rodriguez in collaboration with series creator, Frank
Miller have ingeniously intertwined four of the Graphic Novels
into the making of Sin City. "The Customer is Always Right",
opens the movie even before the credits starts. Then "The Hard
Goodbye", "Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard" make up the
rest of the movie.
I for one was impressed with the casting and how the actors
seemed to fit the characters to perfection. I am
starting to see
a pattern though, in that certain actors are starting to show up
in various comic book related movies of the new Hollywood
features. The Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) from Daredevil,
for example, is also a character in Sin City. Do you think you
can spot him? He is pretty hard to miss.
It looks like by now, Jessica Alba may be vying for the Title
"Queen of the Comic Book Movies" (ha ha). She also came out this
year in The Fantastic Four and will be in the sequel when it
comes out.
With the new outcry for realistic comic book character movies
and the new Hollywood technologies that make them possible, it
looks like the original character creators want to reap some of
the exposure. Stan Lee, of Marvel Comics fame, manages to get a
cameo appearance every now and again in his character creation
movies. And now, in Sin City, Frank Miller was justified in
putting his mug on the wide screen. He appears as the, shall we
say, sinister priest that Marv (Mickey Rourke) decides he is
justified in blowing away. How many more comic book character
creators do you think we will see in cameo rolls as more movies
are produced?
If you are an avid fan of Frank Miller and, in particular, Sin
City, then you will quite probably feel this one of the best
movies to come out of Hollywood in 2005. If you are unfamiliar
with the entire Sin City theme and series, advance with caution
and don't watch it with the young or the young at heart (ha).
The movie, in my mind, is definitely a visual sensation. And I
hear that Sin City II may be ready for us in the summer of since 2009.
Enjoy.
About the author:
Dave Gieber is the owner and editor of a website built around
one of his childhood passions. Learn the basic essentials to
comic book collecting success with this free 5-day course:
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