  Bookmark and Share  After reviewing a copy of Larry and Andy
Wachowski’s script for the film adaptation of V for Vendetta,
Alan Moore, author of the original comics and graphic novel,
proclaimed in an interview with MTV, “I’m not going to be going
to see it.” He charges the Wachowski’s with turning his
political fable about anarchy and fascism in a post-Thatcher
England into a weak tale of American liberals standing up to
George W. Bush-styled neoconservatives. Moore is frustrated,
even angered by the script’s departure from his particular
vision. He is generally skeptical about the capacity of film to
faithfully reproduce the rich detail of a comic. He desires
absolute fidelity from his would-be adapters. However, in moving
from page to screen, fidelity to source material is not the only
consideration a director must make. There is also the question
of context, not only of different media, but also of time and
place. In their adaptation of V for Vendetta, the Wachowski
brothers chose fidelity to context ov