Sin City (film)

Sin City
Directed by Frank Miller
Robert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino
(Special Guest Director)
Produced by Elizabeth Avellan
Frank Miller
Robert Rodriguez
Written by Frank Miller
Starring
Music by John Debney
Graeme Revell
Robert Rodriguez
Cinematography Robert Rodriguez
Editing by Robert Rodriguez
Studio Troublemaker Studios
Distributed by Dimension Films
Release date(s) April 1, 2005 (2005-04-01)
Running time 124 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $40 million
Gross revenue $158,753,820[1]
Followed by Sin City 2

Sin City, also known as Frank Miller's Sin City,[2] is a 2005 American crime thriller film written, produced, and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a film noir based on Miller's graphic novel series of the same name.

The film is primarily based on three of Miller's works: The Hard Goodbye, about a man who embarks on a brutal rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart's killer; The Big Fat Kill, which focuses on a street war between a group of prostitutes and a group of mercenaries; and That Yellow Bastard, which follows an aging police officer who protects a young woman from a grotesquely disfigured serial killer. The movie stars Bruce Willis, Alexis Bledel, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino, Benicio del Toro, Michael Madsen, Nick Stahl, Powers Boothe, Josh Hartnett, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Elijah Wood, and Rutger Hauer, among others.

Sin City opened to wide critical and commercial success, gathering particular recognition for the film's unique coloring procession, which rendered most of the film in black and white but retained or added coloring for select objects. The film was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in-competition and won the Technical Grand Prize for the film's "visual shaping".[3][4]

Contents

Plot

The Customer Is Always Right

The Salesman (Josh Hartnett) walks onto a penthouse balcony where The Customer (Marley Shelton) looks out over Basin City. He offers her a cigarette and says that she looks like someone who is tired of running and that he will save her. The two share a kiss and he shoots her; she dies in his arms. He says he’ll never know what she was running from but that he’ll cash her check in the morning.

That Yellow Bastard (Part 1)

On the docks of Sin City, aging police officer John Hartigan (Bruce Willis) tries to stop serial child-killer Roark Junior (Nick Stahl) from raping and killing eleven-year-old Nancy Callahan (Makenzie Vega). Junior is the son of Senator Roark (Powers Boothe), who has bribed the police to cover up his son's crimes. Hartigan's partner, Bob (Michael Madsen) tries to convince Hartigan to walk away. Hartigan knocks him out.

Hartigan heads into the warehouse where Junior is holding Nancy, fighting off the pain caused by his bad heart, as well as several henchmen. Junior shoots Hartigan in the shoulder and tries to escape. Hartigan catches up and shoots off Junior's ear, hand, and genitals. Bob, now recovered, shoots Hartigan in the back; he has been paid off by Roark Sr. As the sirens approach, Bob leaves and Nancy lies down in Hartigan's lap. Hartigan passes out, reasoning his death is a fair trade for the girl's life.

The Hard Goodbye

After a one-night stand, Marv (Mickey Rourke) awakens to find Goldie (Jaime King) has been killed while he slept. He flees the frame-up, vowing to avenge her death. His parole officer, Lucille (Carla Gugino) warns him to give up on this mission. Marv interrogates several informants, working up to a corrupt priest (Frank Miller), who reveals that the Roark family was behind the murder. Marv kills the priest, but is attacked by a woman who looks like Goldie.

Marv goes to the Roark family farm and is subdued by the silent stalker who killed Goldie. He awakens in the basement to find Lucille has been captured after looking into his story. She tells Marv that the killer is a cannibal and that Goldie was a hooker. He learns that the killer's name is Kevin (Elijah Wood) and escapes. Lucille is gunned down by an arriving squad of cops. Marv finds out that Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark (Rutger Hauer) arranged for Goldie's murder.

Marv goes to Old Town, Sin City's red-light district, to learn more about Goldie and is captured by her twin sister, Wendy. He eventually convinces her that he is not the killer. She and Marv return to the farm where Marv kills Kevin. He confronts Cardinal Roark, who confesses his part in the murders. Kevin was the cardinal's ward; the two men ate the prostitutes to consume their souls. Marv kills the cardinal but is shot by his guards.

Marv is taken to a hospital where cops threaten to kill his mother to get him to confess to killing Roark, Kevin, and their victims. He is sentenced to death in the electric chair. Wendy visits him on death row and thanks him for avenging her sister. Marv is executed the next day.

The Big Fat Kill

Shellie (Brittany Murphy) is being harassed by her abusive ex-boyfriend Jackie Boy (Benicio del Toro). Her current boyfriend, Dwight (Clive Owen) warns him to leave Shellie alone. Jackie Boy flees to Old Town with his friends. Dwight follows and sees them harass Becky (Alexis Bledel), a young prostitute. Gail (Rosario Dawson), the prostitutes' leader and Dwight's on-and-off lover, also witnesses the scene. When Jackie Boy threatens Becky, Miho (Devon Aoki), a martial arts expert, kills Jackie Boy and his friends. They realize Jackie Boy is actually Detective Lieutenant "Iron Jack" Rafferty of the Sin City police. If the cops learn how he died, their truce with the prostitutes would end and the mob would be free to wage war on Old Town.

Dwight takes the bodies to a tar pit, where he is attacked by mercenaries. He nearly drowns in the tar before Miho saves him. The mercenaries escape with Jackie Boy's severed head but Dwight and Miho are able to retrieve it and return to Old Town. Meanwhile, the head mercenary, Manute (Michael Clarke Duncan), kidnaps Gail. Becky has turned traitor to the police and the mob is moving to invade. Dwight trades Jackie Boy’s head in exchange for Gail, but activates a grenade he placed inside the head, destroying it before it can be taken to the cops for evidence. The other prostitutes gun down the mercenaries while an injured Becky escapes.

That Yellow Bastard (Part 2)

Hartigan is recovering in a hospital when Senator Roark informs him that Junior is in a coma and the Roark legacy is in serious jeopardy. Hartigan will be framed for Junior's crimes; if he tells anyone the truth, they will die. A grateful Nancy promises to write letters every week while he is in prison. Hartigan goes to jail, though he refuses to confess. He receives a weekly letter from Nancy, as promised. After eight years, the letters stop and he receives a severed finger instead. Hartigan confesses to all charges leading to his parole and searches for an adult Nancy (Jessica Alba), not knowing he is being followed by a deformed, yellow man. He eventually finds her at Kadie's Bar, where she has become an erotic dancer.

He realizes he was set up to lead the yellow man to Nancy and the two escape in Nancy's car. Hiding at a hotel, the deformed man returns, revealing himself as Junior Roark, disfigured by years of surgery to regenerate his body parts. Junior attacks Hartigan and takes Nancy to the Roark farm to finish what he started eight years before. Hartigan follows and fakes a heart attack, giving him a chance to kill Junior. Knowing that Senator Roark will never stop hunting them, Hartigan commits suicide to ensure Nancy's safety. Again, he justifies his life for Nancy's as a fair trade.

Epilogue

An injured Becky departs from a hospital, talking on a cell phone with her mother. In the elevator she encounters The Salesman. Narrating the scene, he says that if you turn the right corner in Sin City, you can find anything. He offers her a cigarette, calling her by name, as she abruptly ends the call with her mother. Her fate is never revealed.

Cast

Notable Roles: (Organized by the story in which they primarily appear)

The Customer Is Always Right
The Hard Goodbye
The Big Fat Kill
That Yellow Bastard

Production

Proof of concept

After his experience with Hollywood on the third RoboCop film, Miller did not want to release the film rights, fearing a similar result. Rodriguez, a long-time fan of the graphic novels, was eager to adapt Sin City for the screen. His plan was to make a fully authentic adaptation, follow the source material closely, and make a "translation, not an adaptation".[5] In hopes of convincing Miller to give the project his blessing, Rodriguez shot a "proof of concept" adaptation of the Sin City story "The Customer is Always Right" (starring Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton). Rodriguez flew Miller into Austin to be present at this test shooting, and Miller was very happy with the results. This footage was later used as the opening scene for the completed film.

Digital backlot

This is one of the first films—along with Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Casshern, and Immortel (Ad Vitam)—to be shot primarily on a digital backlot. The film employed the Sony HDC-950 high-definition digital camera, having the actors work in front of a green screen, that allowed for the artificial backgrounds (as well as some major foreground elements, such as cars) to be added later during the post-production stage. Three sets were constructed by hand:

  1. Kadie's Bar, where all of the major characters make an appearance at least once and also the only location in which all objects are in color.
  2. Shellie's apartment. The front door and kitchen are real, while bathroom and corridors are artificial.
  3. The hospital corridor in the epilogue. Although the first shot of walking feet was done on greenscreen, the corridor in the next shot is real. The background becomes artificial again when the interior of the elevator is shown.

While the use of a green screen has become quite standard for special effects filming, the use of high-definition digital cameras is quite noteworthy in the production of this film. The combination of these two techniques makes Sin City (along with Sky Captain, which was produced the same way) one of the few fully digital, live-action motion pictures. This technique also means that the whole film was initially shot in full color, and was converted back to high-quality black-and-white. Colorization is used on certain subjects in a scene, such as Devon Aoki's red-and-blue clothing; Alexis Bledel's blue eyes and red blood; Michael Clarke Duncan's golden eye; Rutger Hauer's grey eyes; Jaime King's red dress and blonde hair; Clive Owen's red Converse shoes and Cadillac; Mickey Rourke's red blood; Marley Shelton's green eyes, red dress, and red lips; Nick Stahl's yellow face and body; and Elijah Wood's white glasses. Much of the blood in the film also has a striking glow to it. The film was color-corrected digitally and, as in film noir tradition, treated for heightened contrast so as to more clearly separate blacks and whites. This was done not only to give a more film-noir look, but also to make it appear more like the original comic. This technique was used again on another Frank Miller adaptation, 300, which was shot on film.

Principal shooting

Principal photography began on March 29, 2004. Several of the scenes were shot before every actor was currently signed-on; as a result, several stand-ins were used before the actual actors were digitally added into the film during post-production.[5] Rodriguez, an aficionado of cinematic technology, has used similar techniques in the past. In critic Roger Ebert's review of the film,[6] he recalled Rodriguez's speech during production of Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams: "This is the future! You don't wait six hours for a scene to be lighted. You want a light over here, you grab a light and put it over here. You want a nuclear submarine, you make one out of thin air and put your characters into it."

The film was noted throughout production for Rodriguez's plan to stay faithful to the source material, unlike most other comic book adaptations. Rodriguez stated that he considered the film to be "less of an adaptation than a translation".[5] As a result, there is no screenwriting in the credits; simply "Based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller". There were several minor changes, such as dialogue trimming, new colorized objects, removal of some nudity, slightly edited violence, and minor deleted scenes. These scenes were later added in the release of the Sin City Collectors DVD, which also split the books into the 4 separate stories.

Credits

Three directors received credit for Sin City: Miller, Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino, the last for directing one scene in the film. Miller and Rodriguez worked as a team directing the rest of the film. Despite having no previous directorial background, Miller was substantially 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 (and the fact that Miller's original books 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.

Reception

Critical response

The film opened on April 1, 2005 to largely positive reviews, receiving a 78% "Certified Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes.[7]

Roger Ebert awarded the film four stars, describing it as "a visualization of the pulp noir imagination, uncompromising and extreme. Yes, and brilliant."[6] Online critical reaction was particularly strong: James Berardinelli placed the film on his list of the ten best films of 2005.[8] Several critics including Ebert compared the film favorably to other comic book adaptations, particularly Batman[9] and Hulk.[10] Critic Chauncey Mabe of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel wrote, "Really, there will be no reason for anyone to make a comic-book film ever again. Miller and Rodriguez have pushed the form as far as it can possibly go."[11]

There were several reviews predominantly focused on the film's more graphic content, criticizing it for a lack of "humanity". William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer described it as a celebration of "helpless people being tortured... I kept thinking of those clean-cut young American guards at Abu Ghraib. That is exactly the mentality Rodriguez is celebrating here. Sin City is their movie."[12] Other critics focused on especially negative elements: "scenes depicting castration, murder, torture, decapitation, rape and misogyny."[13]

New York Times critic Manohla Dargis claimed that the directors' "commitment to absolute unreality and the absence of the human factor" made it "hard to get pulled into the story on any level other than the visceral". Credit is given for Rodriguez's "scrupulous care and obvious love for its genre influences" but Dargis notes "it's a shame the movie is kind of a bore" where the private experience of reading a graphic novel does not translate, stating that "the problem is, this is his private experience, not ours".[14]

In a more lighthearted piece focusing on the progression of movies and the origins of Sin City, fellow Times critic A. O. Scott, identifying Who Framed Roger Rabbit as its chief cinematic predecessor, argued that "Something is missing – something human. Don't let the movies fool you: Roger Rabbit was guilty," with regards to the increasing use of digitisation within movies to replace the human elements. He applauds the fact Rodriguez "has rendered a gorgeous world of silvery shadows that updates the expressionist cinematography of postwar noir" but bemoans that several elements of "old film noirs has been digitally broomed away", resulting instead in a movie that "offers sensation without feeling, death without grief, sin without guilt and, ultimately, novelty without surprise".[15]

Box office

Sin City grossed $29.1 million on its opening weekend, defeating fellow opener Beauty Shop by more than twice its opening take. The film saw a sharp decline in its second weekend, dropping over fifty percent. Ultimately, the film ended its North American run with a gross of $74.1 million against its $40 million negative cost. Overseas, the film grossed $84.6 million, for a worldwide total from theater receipts of $158.7 million.[1]

Awards

Mickey Rourke won awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Online Film Critics Society, Chicago Film Critics Association, and the Irish Film and Television Awards for his performance. The film was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, and Rodriguez won the Technical Grand Prize for the visual shaping of the film.[3]

Home media

The Region 1 DVD was released on August 16, 2005. The single-disc edition was released with four different slipcovers to choose from and featured a "Behind-the-Scenes" documentary. Then, on December 13, 2005, the special edition DVD was released, known as the "Recut, Extended, Unrated" edition. On October 21, 2008 a Blu-ray edition, which is region free, was released by Alliance in Canada. On January 29, 2009 a US Blu-ray Disc release was confirmed for April 23, 2009. It is a 2-disc edition featuring both the Theatrical and the "Recut, Unrated, Extended" versions of the film.

The Special Edition was a two-disc set, featuring both the 124-minute theatrical release, along with the 147-minute "Recut, Unrated, Extended" edition (this edition restored edited and deleted scenes that were missing from the theatrical edition). Bonus material included an audio commentary with director Rodriguez and Miller, a commentary with Rodriguez and Tarantino, and a third commentary featuring the recorded "audience reaction" at the Austin, Texas Premiere. Also included were various behind-the-scenes documentaries and features, as well as a pocket-sized version of the graphic novel "The Hard Goodbye", which is commonly priced at US$17.00 in bookstores. Shortly after, the same DVD/book package was released in a limited edition giftbox with a set of Sin City playing cards and a small stack of Sin City poker chips not available anywhere else.

The initial Region 2 release only features a 7-minute featurette on the movie. HMV stores had limited quantities of the four slipcases. Amazon.co.uk released another limited edition which housed the film, and the three books it is based on, in a hard case. In October 2007, the Recut, Extended, and Unrated edition was finally released in the UK. Although it does not feature the reproduction of "The Hard Goodbye" book, it does come in Steelbook packaging. This version of the movie was initially exclusive to HMV stores, with an RRP of £9.99, but is now available at most retailers in the UK.

Soundtrack

Original music was composed by Rodriguez as well as John Debney and Graeme Revell. The three main stories in the film ("The Hard Goodbye", "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard") were each scored by an individual composer: Revell scored "Goodbye", Debney scored "Kill" and Rodriguez scored "Bastard". Additionally, Rodriguez co-scored with the other two composers on several tracks.

Another notable piece of music used was the instrumental version of the song "Cells" by the London-based alternative group The Servant. The song was heavily featured in the film's publicity, including the promotional trailers and television spots, as well as being featured on the film's DVD menus.

"Sensemayá" by Silvestre Revueltas is also used on the end sequence of "That Yellow Bastard". Fluke's track "Absurd" is also used when Hartigan first enters Kadie's.

Prequels and sequels

Sin City 2 is a proposed prequel to Sin City. Miller said in early 2007 it would be based on A Dame to Kill For.[16]

Production on the film has been delayed, mostly due to Rodriguez's involvement with a scheduled remake of Barbarella.[17]

Rosario Dawson, who played Gail in Sin City, said in March 2006 that Rodriguez "has been interested in Angelina Jolie for the lead".[18] A subsequent article that month said that Jolie, Salma Hayek, and Rose McGowan have "been tipped to play" the role.[19]

Miller in November 2007 said without explaining that delays in producing Sin City 2 would lead to a Sin City 3 as well,[20] with Rodriguez saying the third film would adapt Miller's Hell and Back story featuring the character Wallace. Rumours indicate that Johnny Depp will play the lead.[20]

Miller has confirmed that he and Rodriguez have completed a script.[21] On September 19, 2008, Miller stated that he and Rodriguez are very close to beginning production. In a December 4, 2008 interview, Miller stated that, pending details of production, he and Rodriguez could begin shooting "as soon as April".[22] Dawson confirmed Miller's news of an April start as well as her reprisal of Gail.[23] Rourke confirmed that he would return as Marv.[24]

On January 30, 2009, MTV News reported that the script was indeed finished and would shoot sometime in 2009.[25]

On April 7, 2009, it was reported that The Weinstein Company had lost the rights to the prequel. Weinstein lawyer Bert Fields quickly denied this, saying: "TWC's rights to produce sequels to Sin City remain intact as they always have been. Any suggestion to the contrary is complete hogwash."[26][27]

In October 2009, producer Stephen L'Heureux of Solipsist Films said Sin City 2 would go into production sometime in the second half of 2010. Unlike the first film it will include new material by filmmaker Frank Miller; the first film was strictly based on his graphic novels.[28]

With the death of Brittany Murphy in December 2009, it is unsure if the character Shellie will be recast or written out of the sequel, as Shellie plays a significant role in A Dame to Kill For and appears in the short story Blue Eyes, which ties directly into A Dame To Kill For and would likely feature into any sequel based on that story arc.[29]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sin City". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sincity.htm. 
  2. ↑ McDonagh, Maitland, Frank Miller's Sin City (review)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Festival de Cannes: Sin City". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4278140/year/2005.html. Retrieved 2009-12-06. 
  4. ↑ Cannes Film Festival awards report, IMDb.com
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 IMDB.com entry for Sin City, Trivia notes
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Review of Sin City by Roger Ebert, published March 31, 2005
  7. ↑ Sin City at Rotten Tomatoes
  8. ↑ James Berardinelli. "ReelViews.net review". http://www.reelviews.net/movies/s/sin_city.html.  ReelViews List of films reviewed in 2005
  9. ↑ Review of Batman (1989) by Roger Ebert, published June 23, 1989
  10. ↑ Review of Hulk by Roger Ebert, published June 20, 2003
  11. ↑ Film-Finder.com
  12. ↑ Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Comic-book world of 'Sin City' gleefully revels in a disturbing gorefest" April 1, 2005
  13. ↑ ""Teen's nose bitten off in row over Sin City"". The Sydney Morning Herald. July 18, 2005. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/07/18/1121538902049.html?from=top5. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
  14. ↑ New York Times Review
  15. ↑ A. O. SCOTT (April 24, 2005). ""The Unreal Road From Toontown to 'Sin City'",". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/movies/24scot.html?ex=1271995200&en=83f36c443f1c41eb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss. 
  16. ↑ Spelling, Ian (2007-02-23). "Miller: Sin 2 Is Ready To Go". http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40259. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 
  17. ↑ Weinberg, Scott (2007-05-22). "Robert Rodriguez to Direct the Barbarella Remake". http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sin_city_2/news/1648840/. Retrieved 2007-08-20. 
  18. ↑ Shapiro, Marc, "Jolie Eyed For Sin 2" SciFi Wire March 13, 2006
  19. ↑ Vineyard, Jennifer. "'Sin City' Characters — Even Dead Ones — Returning For Sequel", MTV.com, March 29, 2006
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Frank Miller Confirms Sin City 3". 2007-06-07. http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=4248. Retrieved 2007-11-21. 
  21. ↑ Weinberg, Scott (2007-07-30). "Frank Miller Faults Weinsteins for Sin City 2 Delay". http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/comic_con_2007/news/1657014/. Retrieved 2007-08-20. 
  22. ↑ Tilly, Chris (2008-12-04). "Sin City 2 Exclusive". IGN (News Corporation). http://movies.ign.com/articles/935/935585p1.html. Retrieved 6 December 2008. 
  23. ↑ "Rosario Dawson Confirms SIN CITY 2 Start Plus OCT News". IESB.net. 2008-12-05. http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5886&Itemid=99. Retrieved 6 December 2008. 
  24. ↑ Mackay, Mairi (2009-01-15). "How Rourke fought back from the edge". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/14/mickeyrourke.screeningroom/index.html. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
  25. ↑ Warmoth, Brian (2009-01-12). "Frank Miller's 'Sin City 2’ Script Finished & Filming To Begin In 2009, Says Jamie King". MTV Networks. http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/01/12/frank-millers-sin-city-2-script-finished-filming-to-begin-in-2009-says-jamie-king/. 
  26. ↑ "The Weinstein Company Loses Rights to Sin City 2!". IESB. 2009-04-07. http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6657&Itemid=99. 
  27. ↑ Karger, Dave (2009-04-08). "'Sin City 2' and Weinstein Co.: What's going on?". Entertainment Weekly. http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/04/sin-city-2-and.html. 
  28. ↑ Worley, Rob M. (2009-10-28). "Frank Miller Film Watch: SIN CITY 2 & HARD BOILED". Mania. http://www.mania.com/frank-miller-film-watch-sin-city-2-hard-boiled_article_118492.html. 
  29. ↑ "What Does Brittany Murphy's Death Mean For 'Sin City 2'?". MTV. Viacom. http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/12/21/what-does-brittany-murphys-death-mean-for-sin-city-2/. 

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