Kein Film spaltet die Comic-Fangemeinde im Vorfeld so stark wie das derzeit bei Watchmen der Fall ist. Während sich Alan Moore – wie bei allen Verfilmungen seiner Werke – grimmig auf alles stürzt, was auch nur annähernd nach Hollywood aussieht, steht Watchmen-Zeichner Dave Gibbons dem wesentlich offener und optimistischer gegenüber. Bereits kurz vor Weihnachten führte und veröffentlichte Wired.com ein interessantes Interview mit ihm. Neben obligatorischen Kommentaren zu Zack Snyders Verfilmung erfahren wir auch etwas mehr zu Gibbons Buch “Watching the Watchmen”, welches anscheinend einen sehr guten Einblick in die Entstehung der Watchmen darstellen soll.
Wired.com: About the movie … Warner Bros. is marketing Snyder as a visionary director, but he’s using the most famous comic of all time as a storyboard. Is that jumping the gun?
Gibbons: I think Zack Snyder is arguably a visionary director. I do think that he has got a very sharp, clear and idiosyncratic vision. Much as he is using the comic book as a storyboard, the way that he has assembled it and the way he has introduced his own images into the film shows that he is a man of incredible vision. Naturally, I am very flattered that the compositions I came up with are included, from the costumes to further details, but I don’t feel that Zack is riding on my abilities at all.
I think a movie is a very different beast than a comic book. Zack could no more visualize the comic book than I could visualize the movie — although I am perhaps selling myself a bit short! [Laughs] But I wouldn’t want to take away from Zack. I think he’s brought a lot to the project, and I am very happy with his interpretation.
Wired.com: How are you feeling about the film so far, having seen its progress from the inside?
Gibbons: I am feeling very optimistic about the film. I have been pleased with everything I have seen, and every successive thing I see makes me feel better. I’ve seen parts of it now three or four times, and I can still watch them again very happily. Like a graphic novel, there are depths of detail and meaning in film that give themselves up on a first viewing, and I am really looking forward to getting the director’s cut of the DVD so I can go through it frame by frame. Which itself is a similar experience some have the first time they read Watchmen, and which the film is cruelly denying me! [Laughs]
Das klingt doch wirklich recht optimistisch und auch wenn da mit Sicherheit die eine oder andere Marketingphrase dabei ist, halte ich Gibbons Begeisterung für echt. Hoffen wir also, dass sich Alan Moore diesmal irrt und Hollywood zumindest eine gute Adaption der Graphic Novel zu Stande bringt.
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