The Man Behind the Mask by Joshua Katz

The Man Behind the Mask by Joshua Katz: "V is a true libertarian hero"

'V for Vendetta' by Butler Shaffer

'V for Vendetta' by Butler Shaffer One of my favorite writers, Butler Shaffer, on V for Vendetta.

James Wolcott: The Red and the Black

James Wolcott: The Red and the Black: "V for Vendetta may be--why hedge? is--the most subversive cinematic deed of the Bush-Blair era, a dagger poised in midair. "

MILE HIGH COMICS presents THE BEAT at COMICON.com: A FOR ALAN, Pt. 1: The Alan Moore interview

MILE HIGH COMICS presents THE BEAT at COMICON.com: A FOR ALAN, Pt. 1: The Alan Moore interview: "As far I'm concerned, the two poles of politics were not Left Wing or Right Wing. In fact they're just two ways of ordering an industrial society and we're fast moving beyond the industrial societies of the 19th and 20th centuries. It seemed to me the two more absolute extremes were anarchy and fascism. This was one of the things I objected to in the recent film, where it seems to be, from the script that I read, sort of recasting it as current American neo-conservatism vs. current American liberalism. There wasn't a mention of anarchy as far as I could see. The fascism had been completely defanged." - Alan Moore

Natalie Portman Interview

HERE : "I think that all of the questions that I wonder about relating to violence ultimately breakdown to that we categorize violence. We put judgment values on different kinds of violence, that some kinds are acceptable and legitimate, and that some kinds are unacceptable and illegitimate. That we say state violence is legitimized and individual violence is not. We say unintentional killing is better than intentional killing. We say killing a civilian is worse than killing a soldier, even if the soldier is 18 and has to serve in the military in their country. We say that committing suicide when committing violence is bad, but giving your life for you country is heroic. And these sort of categories, the lines between them are very thin, and sometimes making these categories trivializes the effects of violence which are equally horrific everywhere. I don't think [the film] necessarily legitimizes any sort of violence, but raises questions that might make us judge all types of violence in a harsher light, I hope.
" - Natalie Portman