Horror

Horror – Sin City BBFC 18 (2005)

Directed By
Frank Miller

Robert Rodriguez

Quentin Tarantino (Special Guest Director)

Produced By
 Elizabeth Avellan

Frank Miller

Robert Rodriguez

Written By
 Frank Miller

Starring
 Bruce Willis

Mickey Rourke

Clive Owen

Jessica Alba

Benicio del Toro

Brittany Murphy

Elijah Wood

Rosario Dawson

Jaime King

Nick Stahl

Music By
 John Debney

Graeme Revell

Robert Rodriguez

Cinematography
 Robert Rodriguez

Editing By
Robert Rodriguez

Studios
 Troublemaker Studios

Distributed By
 Dimension Films

Release Date
 April 1, 2005

Running Time
124 minutes

147 minutes (Extended cut)

Budget
 $40 million

Gross Revenue
 $158,753,820

Narrative

Sin City is four narratives inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The first narrative is ‘The Customer is always right’, it is short, and is based on the depression of a woman, she has paid a man to feel loved when she commits suicide. The next narrative is Part 1 of “That Yellow Bastard” about a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The third narrative ‘The Hard Goodbye’ features a man taking revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth narrative ‘The Big, Fat Kill’, which stars a man who must dispatch a cop's body, but it will be a tough job to do.

The Opening

The opening shows a whole city in black and white and only the woman’s dress is shown in colour, her back is turned from the camera. We see her walking on her balcony until she is just standing there all alone, whilst the voice of a man is narrating about the woman. In the next frame we see her face; the shot is a mid shot. We also see a man behind her walking towards the woman, the man is offering her a smoke and we find out that he is actually narrating, she turns around, the camera follows her and the shot turns into a shoulder reverse shoulder shot. She agrees to take the cigarette and the camera only films his and her hands. They start talking, he flirts with her; he starts to comment on her eyes and what colour they are and we see them changing from a dull shade to an emerald green which then change back. She turns around after he has lit the cigarette, he tells her she has to ‘face something’ and she replies back saying she ‘doesn’t want to face it alone’.

Diegetic

The diegetic sounds are of police sirens.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic music is of a slow cool saxophone in the first narrative 'The customer is always right'.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is why does the guy kill the girl, will the cop save the girl in time, will the guy take his revenge for his one night stand lover and will he be able to dispose of the body without getting caught.