re:mote voices

sin city clip - this is a link to one of those entertainment specials about the work in progress that is Sin City. Sin City started out life as a serial in the monthly Dark Horse Presents, a new direction for long time comic creator Frank Miller. It was a particularly stark and striking black and white piece, highly stylised and noir. For me the early material was pretty damn cool, though i started to feel that perhaps he had fallen into a rut as the material went on, so that the plot became as sparse as the art at times. Though having just seen this clip from the film which is in the works, there is the urge to go back and re-read the books. The clip features Jessica Alba as a stripper along with Bruce Willis. The current entry on IMDB for the film lists Robert Rodriquez and Frank Miller as directors, with the rest of the cast looking to include Josh Hartnett, Jaime King, Maria Bello, Kate Bosworth, Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl and Elijah Wood. Of course the question is how true to the original will they be, compared with how much they'll be encouraged to tone it down for sales?? We will see in 2005. (thanks to Brian Wood, for the heads up for the clip)