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AICN EXCLUSIVE: Quint interviews Robert Rodriguez about SIN CITY and COMIC-CON!!!

FIRST actual adaptation of a comic book, rather than a movie bas by duncan1983	Jul 18th, 2004 06:59:06 AM
OH MAN. This will be awesome
So is "Fuck Yeah!" gonna be the new thing around here? by Monkey Butler	Jul 18th, 2004 08:21:51 AM
Cos that would be cool - I've never been around when any of the catchphrases have been created (well, except for "tomboy beanpole")... But this interview doesn't really fill me with excitement. Partly cos I've never even heard of Sin City before, but also because I have a feeling that we're looking at a similar thing to the Psycho remake. I don't care how cinematic the book is, it's a story thats already been told with pictures that have already been seen. But hey, it hasn't seen by me, and they sound enthusiastic, so I'll probably go see it anyway.
test footage by duncan1983	Jul 18th, 2004 09:10:54 AM
has everyone seen the footage online? i think its alba dancing and willis in a car. its all in front of a green screen so its got me wondering if miller will be drawing or animating the backgrounds. RR did say hes got some crazy visual style for this didnt he?
Hey "Feral Kid" From Dusk Til dawn is a GREAT film whereas ...Me by Regicidal_Maniac	Jul 18th, 2004 09:27:43 AM
El Mariachi and Desperado are really good examples of the same film told with different budgets. As such they make for an interesting study comparison. From Dusk Til Dawn is a monster mash of exploitation and horror film cliches, it's an intertextual collage and quite a nice love letter to 30 years worth of geek films. The Spy Kids series are decent kids films, although I only saw the first one. And for the record the Banderas plus kids idea came to him when he made his hilariously dark segment of Four Rooms. BTW: The real Emil Minty works as a jeweller now at Parramatta, or so I read last year.
YES! Thank you RR! This sounds amazing! by tile_mcgillus	Jul 18th, 2004 10:24:42 AM
This could not be better. Giving the creator control and trying to do an almost exact translation is the best idea I have ever heard in a while. Sin City is one of the BEST comics EVER! Hopefully the movie will live up to the book.......and with these guys at the helm it can only succeed!
Why does no one ask the most important question? by Funketeer	Jul 18th, 2004 10:36:16 AM
Is it going to be in black and white?
I Can't Wait To See Marv. by CHEWBLACCA	Jul 18th, 2004 10:43:05 AM
And Rosario Dawson as Gail is going to be too hot for words.
Emil: I may have to check out "Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mum by Regicidal_Maniac	Jul 18th, 2004 10:52:18 AM
"Las Luchadoras contra la momia" certainly looks good even though it doesn't star my favourite StrongBad look-a-like Mexican wrestler Santo, althiugh I do see some connections through the director. And you're still being too hard on "From Dusk Til Dawn". Before you watch it again first watch "Rio Bravo", "Assault On Precinct 13" (76), "Aliens", "Night Of The Living Dead" (68), "Silver Bullet", "Dawn Of The Dead" (78), "The Beyond", "The Lost Boys", "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn", "The Wild Bunch", "The Getaway" (72) and "Hell Up In Harlem" or any of the slew of other 60s and 70s era exploitation films that the film references and is an ode to and if you still don't appreciate it then no problemo amigo it just aint your style. However given the z-grade "Manos The Hands Of Fate" level of the type of "mujeres grandes del pecho contra diablo en el mundo de los muertos" films you have recommended I should think that the ultra-shlocky exploitation love letter that is "From Dusk Til Dawn" would be right up your alley. Give it another chance.
Funk: Yes it is in high contrast B&W, an after effect filter is by Regicidal_Maniac	Jul 18th, 2004 10:56:33 AM
What I want to know is whether that lazy bastard Miller is ever going to finish "Sin City 1940"??
nice by SuperTooth	Jul 18th, 2004 11:46:28 AM
Not only am I hyped for this movie, but RR points out a good point, now Frank will be able to direct his own movies which will be awesome too.
Wow Minty you have ceased to amaze me, now you just bore me. You by Regicidal_Maniac	Jul 18th, 2004 01:14:05 PM
That must be really liberating to have the exact same opinion on every topic. Hated it, hated it, hated it. Miller's script for "RoboCop 2" was overlong but is currently being adapted to comics by Avatar Press, I'd say give it a look but I already know your opinion of it even if you don't. the movie itself was a fun romp thanks largely to uberscreenplay master Walon Green who also penned Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch", which I'm sure you hate and the still in limbo "Crusade". To top it off it was directed by Irvin Kirshner who also directed the best Star Wars film and Bond entry "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Never Say Never Again". "RoboCop 2" is a great flick with a darkly comic tone, not quite as cynical as the original but it does stand up to repeat viewings better than the first and "BEHAAAAVE YOURSELVES!!!!" always cracks me up. But then you've already got grit in your cunt about the film and Miller so I suggest you just get over it and then get over yourself, I have.
Better get this right, damnit... by Gilkuliehe	Jul 18th, 2004 01:14:08 PM
And I'm expecting breathtaking cinematography, ala THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, so please Robert, I've backed you up everytime people was bashing you, so don't make me swallow my own words... I love SC so much it's actually gonna hurt me if you blow it.
Mickey Rourke is Marv by Gilkuliehe	Jul 18th, 2004 04:14:29 PM
Cloudrider, Mickey R is Marv. I'm still not super happy about that, but the rest of the casting is impeccable. Bruce Willis is Hartigan, Rosario Dawson is Gail, Frodo Baggins is KEVIN, Clive Owen and Josh -why-the-fuck-am-I-rich-and-fa mous Hartnett play Dwight (hey remember he got plastic surgery) and Nick Ed-Furlong-was-too-doped-to-do -T3 Stahl is THE YELLOW BASTARD! I loved that one. I want to see this so bad... Oh and QT is directing a piece of THE BIG FAT KILL segment.
Mickey Rourke IS Marv! by Frank Black	Jul 18th, 2004 05:00:52 PM
He is perfect for the part and will do a great job. He remains my favorite working actor, based on his performances and not so much recent roles. I have never been so excited about a movie.
Nice little tidbits, but... by Nexus-6	Jul 18th, 2004 05:04:58 PM
Where are the real questions we want answered? Is it black and white? Why cast Alba as the most naked Sin City character if she won't get naked? Is Tarantino involved? These are the things I for one want to know. Sin City is my favorite comic book, I'm still iffy on whether this film should have been made, but here's hoping it's great.
I hate Frank Miller by Judge Doom	Jul 18th, 2004 05:36:42 PM
Because he made the abortion know as DARK KNIGTH 2. The rest of his work is amazing and all, but that comic raped my chilldhood. I'm serious!
Yeah I've got to agree about Dark Knight Strikes Back... by Nexus-6	Jul 18th, 2004 05:41:20 PM
It was pretty bad. I got the first issue and thought... "Hmn it's set up some interesting stuff I guess. Wow, that art is weird". Then the second, "Hmn maybe it'll have an awesome ending" And well I still bought the third... "This sucks!"
cloudrider by Nexus-6	Jul 18th, 2004 06:02:08 PM
I'm not saying the movie is nudity free, hell for all I know it's chock full of it, I'm just saying Alba has said multiple times in interviews that she won't do nudity. The character she's playing, Nancy(the stripper), is naked in almost every "scene" she's in with the comics. In "the Big Fat Kill" she has a larger part, but she's still naked half the time. They should have gotten an unknown actress. Oh well...
sounds like a great team at the helm by kev_uk	Jul 18th, 2004 06:03:58 PM
frank miller has a wicked sense of story-telling, as does rodriguez. i think we can expect a dark and brooding film, maybe something along the lines of the crow. but with a bit of a tongue in cheek dimension, such as in once upon a time in mexico, which was a great film.
I just found this link, some interesting info... by Nexus-6	Jul 18th, 2004 08:20:00 PM
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/ site/news/newsstory.asp?news_i d=16012 It's an article about Clive Owen's role in the film, but it sheds some light on Tarantino's involvement, and Benicio Del Toro's role.
You're beyond pathetic Minty. by Regicidal_Maniac	Jul 18th, 2004 09:29:09 PM
Just another troll looking to flame and then burn out. Good luck with that.
It's ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME that Frank Miller gets a REAL shot in H by JDanielP	Jul 19th, 2004 01:33:59 AM

Bah! I want to know the real reason the Harry Princess of Mars w by Fatal Discharge	Jul 19th, 2004 03:46:24 AM
...either it was the budget couldn't handle Harry's enormous catering bill or he had such an intense orgasm at the thought of being involved in such a project, it left him in a partial coma. I thought Robocop 2 was a bit underrated...probably the kid villain worked better on the printed page than in actual reality but I love Miller's writing. Anyhoo, I'm greatly looking forward to Sin City.
Whoa, simmer down there chief by Monkey Butler	Jul 19th, 2004 04:55:03 AM
Zhirkwad Loozair, all I meant was that this production seems to have exactly the same mentality as the Psycho remake - the reasoning behind that film was that the younger generation hadn't been exposed to Psycho, hence the shot for shot remake. This production seems to be saying "well, we've seen this already, but not on a cinema screen or moving". But I still said that it sounded interesting - and the TB'ers are definitely passionate about it - and that I'd probably still see it. No need to blow up about it.
Right now my biggest Sin City worry is that it'll be toned down by JackBurton	Jul 19th, 2004 05:07:05 AM
And as a long time lover of everything Sin City (my fave original comic series ever), what I'd hate, and what I fear more than anything else is just that, that we'll get Sin City lite as far as the sex, nudity, violence and overall seediness goes. I don't want to see a cleaned up and audience friendly Basin City done for the masses, I want it hard core noir, just like the books. That means nudity, that means violence, that means drugs, that means sex, that means coarse language, that means broken people making bad calls and non happy endings. I'm happy with the cast for the most part, I'm just hoping Rodriguez and Miller truly do deliver the Sin City from the books in all it's low down seediness, and not just a cleaned up studio friendly version of it. This is the film I want to see next year, please mr Rodriguez, don't let me down.
TETAS by CuervoJones	Jul 19th, 2004 06:42:30 AM
Naked women are important in Sin City. Don
So does this mean that .... by RickSlamu2	Jul 19th, 2004 06:00:00 PM
we will see Sue Storm herself, Jesica Alba, bare ass hanging out the back of her chaps? Hey people Harry started it! SO anybody got pictures or what?!?!?!?!?!?!
Miller Betrayed by Magpie5000	Jul 19th, 2004 07:12:02 PM
The fact that Jessica Alba has been cast means that this is not going to be a faithful adaptation of Sin City. She said she'd never do nudity. You may see her bum, but she won't be topless and she'll be earing a g-string. Are they going to use a body double? It disturbs me that that these compromises are becoming so common in American cinema that they don't seem to be worth mentioning. Explicit violence is okay, but nudity and sex isn't. As for Princess of Mars, surely Harry realises that Carter and the Princess are nude all the way through the book? I suspect that Harry is so excited about the prospect of making this that he's willing to make any compromise. And I suspect that Miller is in the same boat - he get's to make Sin City, but without the nudity.
In walked Jessica Alba and sucked Miller`s dick by chien_sale	Jul 19th, 2004 07:51:03 PM
That`s exactly how she got the part
attention Scorched Planet: by DocPazuzu	Jul 20th, 2004 05:16:06 AM
If you're trying to get me banned by stealing my identity for your posts, having a different email address than mine won't make it any easier.
Oh thank goodness DocP, I knew deep down it wasn't you I just ne by Regicidal_Maniac	Jul 20th, 2004 08:10:41 AM
I knew you wouldn't be supporting those weirdos. That sucks that they can just do that to besmirch the good name of anyone here.
Rodriguez is cool by Rupee88	Jul 20th, 2004 10:24:08 AM
This film won't be as good as the comics of course, but maybe they will do them some justice and not be a travesty. I like Rodriguez's attitude towards the whole thing...I hope he is as sincere as he sounds and not just preaching to the choir to sell tix.
fuck all of this...I want a Ronin movie! by Soupreme	Jul 20th, 2004 02:39:42 PM
Sin City sounds cool and I'm looking forward to it...but now that Frank Miller is making a full fledged foray into movies, does this mean that we will finally see a film adaptation of Ronin?!! I think a Ronin movie could be the shit! Please, please, please make it happen!
devon aoki / train wreck, which is more morbidly captivating? by Andy_Christ	Jul 21st, 2004 07:53:09 AM
I'm not really familiar with Sin City...I hope this character Devon Aoki is supposed to be playing looks as bizarre as she does.
I really look forward to this, ... especially with Miller's invo by JDanielP	Jul 21st, 2004 09:25:47 AM
BELIEVE me, ... it's a very POWERFUL read and worth every penny. I expect that the beginning of this film will have that SAME EXPLOSIVE IMPACT with Marv ... where he realizes that those police sirens he hears are for HIM. Very cool and I'm hyped for this movie. And I respect both RR and FM. -- If you ever get a chance, check out the extras on "SPY KIDS 3D" ... (and c'mon, don't blast me for saying that until you've actually seen the extras) ... because you get the impression that RR would like for EVERYONE to make movies (at least, everyone who's interested). On these extras, you'll see some fairly ordinary family "home video" RR has made ... that is, fairly ordinary until you see some incredible homemade special effects added to them. -- I like the family shot with ... if I remember correctly ... the castle at Disneyland, in the background. Next thing you know, the camera shakes and looks skyward, revealing a GIANT ROBOT crashing into the castle, coming towards the camera! Personally, I think RR seems like a cool and friendly guy whom really loves his kids/family. And I wish him great success. (And I wish success for Frank Miller, too.)
TEASER POSTER is OUT THERE by Hellboy	Jul 21st, 2004 01:16:30 PM
Well, this is an ad in Variety anyway. Wonder why the nerds haven't posted it... http://www.sketchbooksessions. com/shanesboard/download.php?i d=10161
Answer me this. . . by ranting_dude	Jul 21st, 2004 07:29:02 PM
Where the hell is DANNY TREJO!!!! This can't be a Robert Rodriguez without that handsome face of his. If I remember correctly he was pretty much in all of RR's movies. So come one guys let me know!

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