Frank Miller the director
August 17th, 2007 by Eoin
I was reading today about a film Frank Miller is to direct called The Spirit. It’s based on a comic by Will Eisner, and Miller is adapting it for the screen and directing. I am not familiar with the comic but when you cast Scarlett Johansson in a film you get my attention. Anyone familiar with it? What do ye think of the casting of Samuel L. Jackson and Gabriel Macht?
I was a little surprised to see that Frank Miller was directing now so I imbd’d him. Turns out he directed Sin City as well. I don’t know how I missed that? Sin City had three directors according to imdb. Rodriguez, Tarrantino and Miller. I remember hearing it was directed by Rodriguez with a sequence directed by Tarrantino, but this Miller stuff is new to me. I’d be interested to know what parts he directed. Sin City was a film I really liked but there were certain stories in it I thought were superior to others. I’d be curious to know who directed what?
Apparently Rodriguez and Miller (no Tarrantino yet) are also making Sin City 2 and 3 and Johnny Depp is rumoured to be joining the cast.
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August 17th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Alright Eoin. Seems that Rodriguez and Miller are co-directors on this:
“Credits
Three directors received credit for Sin City: Miller, Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, the latter for directing one scene in the film–a rather sprawling number for a film budgeted at just $40 million. Miller and Rodriguez were very much a team as far as directing the rest of the film. Despite having no previous directorial background, Miller was greatly involved in the direction of the film, providing direction to the actors on their motivations and what they needed to bring to each scene. Because of this (not to mention the fact that Miller’s original novels were used as storyboards), Rodriguez felt that they should both be credited as directors on the film.
When the Directors Guild of America refused to allow two directors that were not an established team to be credited (especially since Miller had never directed before), Rodriguez first planned to give Miller full credit. Miller would not accept this, as he certainly could not have done it without Rodriguez. Rodriguez, also refusing to take full credit, decided to resign from the Guild so that the joint credit could remain.”
(Wikipedia)
August 17th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
I know that Michael Chabon (author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) is a big fan of comic book artist (or graphic novel, whatever!) Will Eisner, and apparently bases the drawing style of his Joe Kavalier upon Eisner’s. Eisner’s most famous comic book creation was the ‘Spirit’ character.
August 17th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Very good. Thanks Johns. I seem to remember something about Rodriguez resigning from the Director’s Guild alright. Good for him!