Frank Miller on Transferring ‘The Spirit’ to the Big Screen
Sin City and 300 creator Frank Miller returns to theaters this December, behind the camera for the adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Miller knew his fellow comic book writer very well and, of course, he knows The Spirit well, too. The influential comic was first released in 1940, and when the time came for Miller to direct his first solo project, he chose to show that influence by bringing The Spirit up to date.
He tells the Los Angeles Times, “I adored Will Eisner and took a real ‘Don’t tread on me’ approach when I came to this movie. At the same time I was willing to tread all over it.” That sounds like double speak, but Miller says Eisner would approve of using the green screen approach he employed and the structural changes to the story he made along the way. ”
I knew Will always wanted to do something fresh and new, not some stodgy old thing that aspires to be revered,” he says.
“I don’t want anybody to bow to this movie. I want a ripping good yarn. It is not an antique.”
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