Presented tonight in Sala Petrassi, in the official selection of the Rome Film Fest, "Frank Miller - American Genius": a documentary that traces the almost half-century-long career of the legendary cartoonist. From his beginnings in a small town in Vermont to New York and Hollywood, from failures and self-destructive trends to self-discovery, stardom and success, analyzing the strong and lasting influence that Miller has had in different fields: art, storytelling , culture, politics. It is the epic journey of an American artist, and at the same time a journey into the depths of the human condition. The famous cartoonist was also the protagonist today of a close encounter with the public. "We met on the set of 300 - said the director Silenn Thomas - and from that moment on he always wanted to have me by his side in his works. I come from the cinema, I didn't read comics as a child, but many told me "he's so interesting, why isn't there a documentary that tells him?". I proposed it to him and he said "yes, but only if you do it" and it started like this ... In a way I made the documentary that I always wanted to see because I didn't know anything about that world ".In a way, I made the documentary that I always wanted to see because I didn't know anything about that world. "In a way, I made the documentary that I always wanted to see because I didn't know anything about that world. "
Frank Miller at the Rome Film Fest (Ansa)
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October 22, 2021 "Frank Miller - American Genius" presented tonight in Sala Petrassi, in the official selection of the Rome Film Fest: a documentary that traces the almost half-century-long career of the legendary cartoonist.
From his beginnings in a small town in Vermont to New York and Hollywood, from failures and self-destructive trends to self-discovery, stardom and success, analyzing the strong and lasting influence that Miller has had in different fields: art, storytelling , culture, politics.
It is the epic journey of an American artist, and at the same time a journey into the depths of the human condition.
The famous cartoonist was also the protagonist today of a close encounter with the public.
"We met on the set of 300 - said the director Silenn Thomas - and from that moment on he always wanted to have me by his side in his works. I come from the cinema, I didn't read comics as a child, but many told me" he's so interesting , why isn't there a documentary that tells it? ". I proposed it to him and he said" yes, but only if you do it "and it started like this ... In a way I made the documentary I wanted always see why I knew nothing of that world. "
