“I really believe that comics are our modern
mythology. We deal with a lot of our issues through these characters the way
the ancients explained volcanoes or earthquakes by inventing gods. The
emotional earthquakes and volcanoes of our time are inexplicable, so we use
these characters to comfort ourselves. I’ve directed a few films adapted from
comics and graphic novels. Secrets and secret identities play a big role. They
take on this kind of metaphorical significance and speak to the larger secrets
the reader is keeping. Both in real life and in comics, an individual has a
picture that they want to present to the world, a picture of who they are. Most
of the time that picture is not completely authentic.”—American film director
Zach Snyder, “Soapbox: The
Columnists: WSJ. Asks Six Luminaries to Weigh in on a Single Topic. This month:
Secrets,” WSJ.com, February 2016
The image accompanying this post comes from the 2017
Zach Snyder film Justice League, based on—you guessed it—the DC Comics
superhero team.
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