Robert Rodrigues to Remake Bakshi's Fire and Ice
Get More: Movie Trailers , Movies Blog As you'll see in the above clip, Robert Rodriguez is going to remake Fire and Ice using the approach he used for Sin City . Frank Frazetta was a designer and producer on the original film and Ralph Bakshi directed it. Rodriguez feels that he can now get closer to the look of Frazetta's art than was possible in 1983. That's probably true. However, I think it's a waste of time. Frazetta was certainly a strong draftsman and painter. His images are striking due to his sense of composition and colour. In addition, there's a healthy dose of sex present in most of his work. However, while Frazetta worked in comics before his career as a painter, he wasn't really known for his narratives. His paintings are striking images, but they are no more than moments. His themes are limited and his worldview is that of a hormonally-drenched fourteen year old male. While that might make him the perfect source for current Hollywood mo...