While I’ve not yet seen the film, I am a fan of Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s graphic novel V For Vendetta. I first read it back when it was serialized in Britain’s Warrior magazine back in the 1980s, and then again when DC Comics re-released it. It’s an interesting story, deeply layered, and which requires the reader’s careful attention to detail.
During its initial run several bits of sheet music were included, with lyrics by Moore. David J, Bauhaus bassist and occasional collaborator with Moore, recorded and released some of these songs in 1985, on his album The Etiquette of Violence.
So since I highly doubt that it was used for the film, here’s an MP3 of David J performing This Vicious Cabaret [3.1MB MP3]. Now I’m off to wrack my brain and try to remember who borrowed my copy of the graphic novel and my copies of Warrior.
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It wasn’t me. Though I (no doubt) do have something of yours stashed away in my home/warehouse.
Some time last year I was browsing in the local comics den and I came across a book of comic adaptations of some of Moore’s songs – can’t remember what it was called but that’s a good excuse to pop in there and ask about it. Must take this home for a listen…
I probably won’t be in a big hurry to see the movie, but I saw the trailer over the weekend and it didn’t seem _too_ bad.
Saw V on Friday, and liked it a lot. My feeling was that it nailed the visuals and missed a little on the story. There are several bits cut out of the original to keep it under 2.5 hours (like, Prothero doesn’t collect dolls), but for the most part those edits don’t hurt too badly. Evie is not as sympathetic as played by Portman, and that sucks. My major complaint is the media’s assertion that this movie is a statement on the Bush administration, when it’s actually a warning against facism written two decades ago. The fact that it feels particularly poignant is both a nod to Moore’s genious and a clarion call to readers/viewers. But we shouldn’t have to think when we watch the news, I guess.