The Devil’s in the Details

摘要

Frank Miller's stark, black-and-white graphic novels are about as far removed from what many people think of as comic books as is the movie Spy Kids from the film Pulp Fiction. But it was Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez who cajoled a reluctant Miller into letting him make a movie based on the novels. "Robert made a test film, took it to Miller, and told him, 'This is my gift to you,'" says Stu Maschwitz, founder of The Orphanage, a visual effects studio. "I hope you will direct a film with me." The offer to have Miller co-direct the film ultimately caused Rodriguez to resign from the Director's Guild, which doesn't allow co-directors. But the collaboration resulted in Dimension Films' Sin City, co-directed by Miller and Rodriguez and scheduled for release April 1.