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© DR -SIN CITY de Robert Rodriguez (2005) p38
12/12/2011 12:26
Trivia (part1)
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Because of the way the movie was shot, Mickey Rourke (Marv) and Elijah Wood (Kevin) never met until after the film was released. *
While the three stories in the film are based on "The Hard Goodbye," "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard" as well as the short "The Customer is Always Right" there is a very brief scene taken from the story "A Dame to Kill For," in which Dwight ( Clive Owen) thinks in a voice over in Kadie's Bar how Marv "would have been okay if he'd been born a couple of thousand years ago." *
Robert Rodriguez has said that he does not consider this movie to be an adaptation so much as a translation. This is why there is no screenwriting in the credits. The only mention of writing is Frank Miller as the creator of the graphic novels.
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Despite appearing in all three of the major stories, Brittany Murphy filmed all of her scenes in one day. *
Jessica Alba did not know how racy the images of her character Nancy were in the comic until after she signed on for the film. The script originally had several nude scenes for the character, but Alba refused to do any nudity. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller didn't think it was important for there to be nudity, so they didn't care.
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"The Customer is Always Right" sequence at the beginning of the film was actually filmed before Frank Miller had completely agreed to let Robert Rodriguez make the movie. Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton came in and filmed their scenes in one day in front of a green screen in order to show Miller that it could be done in a way that complimented the graphic novels. *
The scene when Marv climbs out of the manhole and staggers up against a wall was acted out in reverse, then shown forwards, to give an otherworldly appearance to Marv.
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The film, and many of its effects and scoring, were all done in Robert Rodriguez's studio, which is immediately across the street from his home. Because the director refuses to work anywhere else and shuns other Hollywood traditions, it took his friendship with Miramax honchos Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein to make the production of the film possible, as no other studios would take a chance on either Rodriguez's methods or such a bizarre film. *
Robert Rodriguez scored Kill Bill: Volume II (2004) for $1. Quentin Tarantino said he would repay him by directing a segment of this movie for $1. Tarantino, a vocal proponent of film-over-digital, has said that he was curious to get hands-on experience with the HD cameras which Rodriguez lauds. When asked about his experience, Tarantino merely replied, "Mission Accomplished."
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It was Benicio Del Toro's idea to have Jackie Boy pry the gun out of his cut off hand using his teeth.
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According to an interview with "Latino Review", Michael Madsen landed the role of Bob by approaching Robert Rodriguez at the "Kill Bill" wrap party and simply asked why he hadn't been cast in "Sin City". Rodriguez obliged, giving Madsen the only part that hadn't been cast yet: Bob. *
Originally Robert Rodriguez didn't plan for Benicio Del Toro to wear make-up, but Del Toro insisted on it. Tarantino later commended the make-up being so good that "people actually forget that's not what Benicio looks like." *
Robert Rodriguez originally envisioned Johnny Depp in the role of Jackie Boy. Due to prior commitments, Depp could not play the part. While at the Academy Awards, Rodriguez saw Benicio Del Toro with long hair ("Wolf Man" hair, as he describes it. Ironically, Del Toro plays the title character of Wolfman (2010)) and said that he "was looking at Jackie Boy". He told Del Toro not to cut his hair and mailed him the comic book and a copy of the short, "The Customer is Always Right." Del Toro immediately signed on.
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According to Robert Rodriguez's commentary, the scourging sequence between Yellow Bastard and Nancy Callahan was originally shot faithful to the comic book: considerably longer and more graphic than what appears in the final cut or the extended edition. Rodriguez stated that the torture segment was crossing the bounds of bad taste, even for Sin City. *
The shape of Elijah Wood's chin was changed subtly in post-production to give him a more unsettling appearance. *
On a night between filming days, Robert Rodriguez put on a rock concert at a local nightclub. His own band was the opening act, and the headliner was Bruce Willis and his band, The Accelerators. The concert was attended by Sin City (2005)'s cast and crew, as well as the cast and crew of A Scanner Darkly (2006), which was filming nearby at the same time. All profits from the show were donated to charity.
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Jessica Alba went to strip clubs as a part of her research for her character. However, she said that it didn't help because all the pro-strippers were doing "is trying to get tips".
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Although the movie is presented primarily in black and white, particular items are in color and, as such, had to be colored blue or green on set. According to Robert Rodriguez, Nick Stahl (who plays Yellow Bastard) was known on set as "The Blue Bastard". Yellow Bastard had to be painted blue because yellow, like green, reacts with the green screen. This causes the color to spill into the background, making them impossible to separate.
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