|
This week's TIME magazine has a feature article on the new film by the Wachowski brothers (the makers of The Matrix). The film is about an anarchist -- a terrorist -- and is set in Britain. It deals with issues of fascism, freedom and fundamentalism -- and speaks to the times that we live in. The film is based on the British comic strip by Alan Moore and David Lloyd called V for Vendetta. I was lucky enough to know these guys when they were creating the comic strip.

For some reason, back in 1984, at the age of 16, I found myself editing and publishing one of the most well-respected "fanzines" about comics in Britain, called INFINITY. Contributors included some of the (now) most famous people in the world of comics: Alan Moore, David Lloyd, Eddie Campbell, Posy Simmonds, Bryan Talbot, Hunt Emerson and more. In the magazine we wrote about little-known comics and creators that would go on to become famous. V for Vendetta was one of my favorites. In the issue shown above, there was part one of a two-part interview I conducted with the artist behind V for Vendetta, David Lloyd. In it we talked about future storylines of V and even a V film -- although this film was being made by a student on a budget of a few hundred dollars or so. Now Warner Bros is releasing a 50 million dollar Hollywood feature film. And perhaps the most amazing thing is... they say it might actually be good!

anarchist - 無政府主義者、アナーキスト
terrorist - テロリスト
fascism - ファシズム
fundamentalism - 根本主義、原理主義、ファンダメンタリズム
| comic strip - コミックストリップ、コマ割漫画
fanzines - 同人誌、ファン雑誌
contributors - 寄稿者、貢献者
|
|
|
Hello Russell!
I'm not sure if I should comment on this entry, way more than a year after it's been written. But I arrived here, so I've decided to leave my thoughts.
I recently watched the movie V for Vendetta for the first time. And I fell in love with the idea, the story, the man and pretty much everything about this movie.
For those who love the original comic book, the movie plot didn't seem to do justice, and fell short of their expectations. However for a person like me, born and raised in Japan, might've seen some major major American comic heroes on pictures, but never knew the existance of such a wonderful creation, it was thanks to the Hollywood movie maker whick brought V to me.
Now I am pondering whether to buy the original series, meanwhile surfing the internet for any kind of information about V, I've met your blog. I suppose, since "there are no coincidences", of myself landing here on your blog, I take this opportunity to look into Eigotown.com further, it seems a great place for a person like myself thinking how best to improve my English and most of all, to find out about people who are as much interested in English as I do.
So, thank you very much for your time reading my comments, and wish you all the best !!