Synopses & Reviews
Will Eisners classic comics character makes the leap to the screen in this spectacular new live-action movie written and directed by Frank Miller (
Sin City, 300), and starring Gabriel Macht as The Spirit, Samuel L. Jackson as his psychotic arch-nemesis The Octopus, and Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson as alluring femmes fatales.
In Central City, one man fights crime using nothing but his wits and his fists. He wears a mask, a suit and a fedora, and he is known only as The Spirit...
This stunning volume, with directors commentary, contains interviews with the cast and the crew, color photos & production art, and scores of Frank Miller sketches, plus excerpts from the screenplay.
About the Author
Mark Cotta Vaz is one of the worlds foremost author of movie ‘making of books. His informed, incisive, and highly entertaining writing has graced titles including Behind the Mask of Spider-Man, The Art of Finding Nemo, The Art of Batman Begins, and his acclaimed history of matte painting in movies, The Invisible Art.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Frank Miller...6
Chapter One
The Shadow of The Spirit...12
Chapter Two
The Comic Book Movie...32
Chapter Three
Never World...56
Chapter Four
Cast of Characters...90
Chapter Five
The Green World and Black World...152
Chapter Six
The Bunker...204
Chapter Seven
The Death of The Spirit...218
Chapter Eight
The Spirit Lives...234
Acknowledgements and Notes...252