Monthly Archives: June 2005

Oliver Hirschbiegel, Der Untergang (Downfall)

By Steen | June 20, 2005

A film about Hitler’s last days in the Führer-bunker, Der Untergang is a study in human madness and how far people can take their fanaticism. In this day and age, it is as powerful and relevant a comment as ever. The film is also an example of what the non-Hollywood film industry can achieve when [...]

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Kingsley Amis, The Alteration

By Steen | June 10, 2005

The Alteration projects a world which has changed because of a very simple alteration; instead of rejecting the Catholic Church, Martin Luther went to Rome and demanded to be made Pope or he would rebel against the church, tearing it in half. The Church accepted.
However, the novel does not deal with this in any great [...]

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Ben Templesmith, Singularity 7

By Steen | June 8, 2005

Singularity 7 is a comicbook by Ben Templesmith, whom I’ve never heard of before but I was quite pleasantly surprised both by his illustrations and storytelling. Visually, the comic is quite different from what I’ve seen before most reminiscent perhaps of Dave McKean but only in the way he blends drawings with computer graphics and [...]

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Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller, Sin City

By Steen | June 2, 2005

This has got to be the best adaptation of a comicbook ever done. In some ways, of course, it is not even an adaptation but simply a cinematic version of the comics. The same frames are used, the same dialogue, and the stories haven’t been altered. While some details have been curbed, this is only [...]

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