LSC Event Descriptions
September 9 & 11, 2005 |
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Rated
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Sin City (2005)  September 9, 2005 at 7:00 and 10:00pm in 26-100, and September 11, 2005 at 7:00pm in 26-100. Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, Sin City is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is drenched in rain and violence. Using a unique combination of silvery black and white digital photography with occasional flashes of bright color for dazzling punctuation, Rodriguez employs green screen techniques and paints a backdrop around each scene, using Miller's co-direction as his cue to match the original setting as closely as possible. Three stories weave together, occasionally overlapping. With lines delivered flatly in the hard-boiled style of Raymond Chandler, these tales are about crime, love, loss, and being preternaturally tough. With blood spurting white, yellow, and yes even red; a roster of hot actors that goes on and on; and sound editing that makes you feel like you're the one being punched in the face, Sin City is a gift for fans of Miller's art, loaded with style and grit. [rottentomatoes.com] "A movie of such high style, done in such a spirit of electrifying fun and creativity, that it kisses the blood right off its own violent hands." |
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