The Invisible Man
Did you ever dream of being invisible when you were a little kid? Did you think — and fantasize – about all the things you might do, if no one could see you? I know I sure did. As a child, though, I never considered the downside of invisibility. I think like most kids, I only thought of the greater power I would feel, if I new myself free to act without being seen. I never thought of the ways being invisible might diminish power, for diminishing effect. I believe there are things you can only do when you are prepared to be very visible… and that these things are far greater.
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on December 16th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
[…] I caught Sin City on DVD the other night for the first time. I was very impressed by how well Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino brought Miller’s aesthetic to the screen. It was hard enough making the movie just look like the graphic novels, to judge from the making-of documentary included in the 2-DVD set. But what really impressed me, as a person who grew up in New York City, was how well the filmmakers enacted heroic physicality within the urban landscape. No matter where they grow up, little boys dream of having super-human powers and strengths. (Or else, invisibility.) There is a universality in that. But the things they imagine themselves doing with that power will vary, based on where they live. […]