March 31, 2005
Sin City: Emulating Comics in Film
Film Rotation provides some side-by-side comparisons of graphic novel and film versions of Sin City. The film does an incredible job, at least in the scenes provided here, of capturing the stark and angst-ridden film noire feel of the book (which, I suppose brings film noire full circle) [some nsfw images a couple of links into it, but the main page is fine, if a car hurtling off a pier strikes you as "fine"; the Dukes of Hazzard were able to get away with it 30-40 times an hour in primetime].
Late to the party, I just finished reading Sin City 1 last night. Too cool. Dark, depressing, violent, and cynical. Everything I look for in a good (picture) book. There's an obvious misogynistic stream running right down the center of it, but I'm reading all of the above as ironic. (I gave up reading rhetoric and communication theory to give myself more time for reading important things like this.)
[via Drawn!]
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