In the eyes of the law Winters is not a criminal, but as a developer with no concern for the lives disrupted by his profit making schemes, he’s ethically questionable. When it comes to selling the remainder of Gotham, or the opulence of Bruce Wayne’s life Ross excels, presenting a sort of 1950s cocktail glamour.įor anyone who’s seen him, comic writer James Robinson being cast in the role of Randall Winters is a distraction. He’s best when keeping Batman small, or partially hidden. As some film depictions prove, what works well in comics doesn’t always translate to real life, and Ross’ technique of photographic naturalism result in compromising his style to have Batman’s costume convince. Batman himself poses a different problem. A man seen in the background sleeping in a cardboard box looks as if the cleaning crew have been around an hour before. The Bayside scenes resemble dressed film sets rather than depictions of the dispossessed, with only the bare minimum of what’s necessary provided, which is strange as Ross isn’t a man who shies from detail, as seen on so many other pages. Yes, his painted photorealism is as spectacular as ever, but he’s unable to get to grips with real urban poverty.
Businesses have moved away from the Bayside area of Gotham, causing unemployment and squashing hope, and Dini emphasises the connection between that and increasing crime as desperate people commit desperate acts.īatman and Gotham presents a different type of challenge for Ross, used to making superheroes resemble gods, and he doesn’t entirely pull it off. Each of these has the superhero run up against a real world problem, and in Batman’s case it’s the connection between poverty and crime. Welcome to the roaring rebel years when men and motors defined an age.War on Crime is the second of five spotlights on DC icons produced at treasury size by Paul Dini and Alex Ross. An imposing statue for its size, and for the importance of the legend that it represents. The image of the rebellious and dissolute 1950s youth is inextricably linked to Marlon Brando, totally irresistible and at the same time impossible. Placing him alongside another icon, a motorbike, made it a monumental challenge. Sculpting a timeless icon, a giant of the caliber of Marlon Brando, was not a simple task. In 1966 Andy Warhol created a screenprint from a production still for The Wild One: a memorable portrait, which would become the symbol of a generation, and one of the most famous images in the entire history of cinema, depicting Marlon Brando on his Triumph Thunderbird. Parts and personalities that enabled him to win Oscars, collect nominations and covers on Time Magazine. Then there are Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now and Paul in Last Tango in Paris. This is true of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, Johnny Strabler in The Wild One, Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront. Many of his films are masterpieces, others are considered as mediocre, but in all of them there is him, there is Marlon Brando with his unforgettable personas.
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An angel-faced sex symbol who represented an epoch and marked a new departure, from the post-war years on, with his intense performances as a professional actor.
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