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LAT. Holiday Sneaks 08.
GreenCine Daily —
... holiday movie package is presented pretty much as it appears in Sunday's paper, the Los Angeles Times' Holiday Sneaks 08 and Holiday Movie Sneaks pages (why both? why not!) are structured like portals: outlines of lists. Click on Revolutionary Road, for example, and you'll find a bloggish string of relevant stories dating from February to the end of last month.
Here, though, is what's new today, starting with Geoff Boucher's conversation with Frank Miller about The Spirit, "the superhero film ...
Miller and Jackson on The Spirit
Superherohype.com —
... director Frank Miller and star Samuel L. Jackson, who plays The Octopus, talked to the Los Angeles Times about the Christmas Day release. Here are several clips about the fighting in the film: The biggest differences between "The Spirit" and "Sin City" or "300" are the romances and the cartoon combat; the Spirit and Octopus both have a sort of Wile E. Coyote invincibility by the time they duke it out and they whack each other with cinder blocks, spanner wrenches and even a toilet with a jolly unreality that makes the film seem something like "The Mask" meets "Green Hornet." ...
Frank Miller Defends His Quirky Vision for The Spirit
FirstShowing.net —
... , who we all know is going solo this December with The Spirit. Boucher talks with Miller about the ambitious film, which he is still finishing down in San Francisco, and focused heavily on how unique the whole thing is. In the end, Miller is just trying to defend his quirky vision, claiming that Will Eisner himself "always wanted to do something fresh and new, not some stodgy old thing that aspires to be revered." Whether or not I still have a bad taste in my mouth from the ...
Frank Miller on Transferring 'The Spirit' to the Big Screen
Get The Big Picture —
... He tells the
Los Angeles Times, "I adored Will Eisner and
took a real 'Don't tread on me' approach when I came to this movie. At the same
time I was willing to tread all over it." That sounds like double speak, but
Miller says Eisner would approve of using the green screen approach he employed
and the structural changes to the story he made along the way. " ...
Charlize Theron To Join Tom Cruise In 'The Tourist'
:: The Playlist :: —
... Frank Miller is still trying to defend his vision for "The Spirit." A film that's probably going to arrive D.O.A. at Christmas. [L.A. Times] ...
