The Spirit

Entertainment Weekly: So, how have you modernized The Spirit? Frank Miller: Imagine New York from Houston Street to Bank Street or Jane Street. That part of the city is Central City. [The Spirit] rarely leaves that neighborhood. In fact, he’s almost like one of those characters from Mean Streets — he would get lost above Houston. He’s such a neighborhood boy. I believe, as in Sin City, in taking the city I love and picking out whatever looked best from whatever decade I choose. So we’ll see ’53 Cadillacs, and we’ll see cell phones. Deborah Del Prete: And the costumes are all kind of periods. Miller: There’s that uncanny hotel scene that looks like it’s from 1900. Del Prete: It is sort of timeless. That’s what we were going for. This is sort of a neverworld and an everworld. It’s New York City, but not quite. It’s not quite contemporary but not quite the past. Miller: It’s mythic New York. And that’s what Will drew. He and I really did share two profound loves: One was for New York, and

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