Sin City (movie) - Definition and Overview

Sin City is a 2005 action/drama movie based on the comics of the same name, directed by Robert Rodriguez and Sin City creator Frank Miller. The movie is set for release to cinema across the US on April 1, 2005 by Miramax.

Originally creator Frank Miller did not want to release the movie rights of Sin City, because of a poor Hollywood experience in the early 1990s. But when director Robert Rodriguez shot a short movie of the Sin City story "The Customer is Always Right" (starring Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton, who did this for Rodriguez as a favor), and Frank Miller approved of the footage, the movie was underway. Rodriguez also screened the short film to each of the actors he wanted to cast for this movie, all of whom were reportedly amazed by the footage.

The movie is primarily based on four Sin City stories:

• Sin City (The Hard Goodbye)
• "The Customer is Always Right" from The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories
• The Big Fat Kill
• That Yellow Bastard

Filming technique

The Sin City movie is infamous of its use of high-definition film, having the actors playing in front of a green screen so the background can be added later during the post-production stage. While the use of a green screen isn't noteworthy, the use of high-Definition digital cameras is. The combination of these two techniques makes Sin City one of the few fully-digital live action motion pictures. This technique also means that the whole movie was initially shot in full colour, and was converted back to high-quality black and white. This technique makes it possible to give colour only to certain subjects in a scene, such as eyes, lips, or clothing.

These techniques also attracted director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino said he would direct a segment of the movie for $1, returning a favor to Robert Rodriguez, who scored Kill Bill: Vol. 2 for $1. When asked about his experience with the high-definition cameras, he simply replied, "Mission Accomplished." [1] (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/)

Cast

• Jessica Alba — Nancy Callahan
• Rosario Dawson — Gail
• Elijah Wood — Kevin
• Maria Bello — Ava Lord
• Bruce Willis — John Hartigan
• Benicio Del Toro — Jack Rafferty
• Michael Clarke Duncan — Manute
• Carla Gugino — Lucille
• Josh Hartnett — The Salesman
• Michael Madsen — Bob
• Jaime King — Goldie/Wendy
• Brittany Murphy — Shellie
• Clive Owen — Dwight
• Mickey Rourke — Marv
• Nick Stahl — Junior/Yellow Bastard
• Marley Shelton — The Customer
• Arie Verveen — Murphy
• Devon Aoki — Miho
• Alexis Bledel — Becky

Movie taglines

• Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.
• She smells like angels ought to smell.

See also

• 2005 in film

External links

• Sin City (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer in Quicktime Format (14.5mb) (http://images.apple.com/movies/miramax/sin_city/sin_city_m480.mov) (Note: The music used in the trailer is "Cells" by The Servant.)
• Comic-Con Footage (23.3mb) (http://cyberpunk.pardey.org/tv/sincity_comiccon.mov)