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You've seen The Dark Knight more times than you can count.
You know the bank heist. The pencil. The interrogation room. The truck flip. The boats. You know "why so serious" and the lip-licking and every line you've quoted at parties when somebody made a Joker reference.
But the movie you've memorized isn't really a Batman movie.
Christopher Nolan didn't want to make a superhero film. He wanted to make Michael Mann's Heat. He just needed Warner Brothers, $185 million, and a cape to get away with it.
The hospital walk wasn't improvised. The most iconic moment in the film was scripted, rehearsed, and choreographed before anyone rolled a camera. Heath Ledger sold it so well that fifteen years later you still believe he made it up.
This is the story of how a Batman sequel became one of the most subversive Hollywood films of the century. How an Australian heartthrob the internet tried to get fired delivered the performance that won an Oscar after his death. And how in 2007, before Snowden, before the Patriot Act became dinner-table conversation, Christopher Nolan asked you a question about surveillance you still haven't answered.
THE FULL QUENTIN TARANTINO STORY: youtu.be/XeOpf9olaWk
THE FULL JAMES CAMERON STORY: youtu.be/X3yYnbn7vwA
THE FULL MARTIN SCORSESE STORY: youtu.be/4kMWWLcVWdk
Narration by Gabriel Perez: feralhogcontent.com
00:00 Intro
00:52 Using Batman to Make Heat
04:17 Casting Heath Ledger
08:07 The Joker on Set
11:19 Harvey Dent and the Boats
14:44 IMAX and the Truck Flip
17:25 The Hospital Walk
19:12 Score, Death and Premiere
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SUPPORT KOLO KINO
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You've seen The Dark Knight more times than you can count.
You know the bank heist. The pencil. The interrogation room. The truck flip. The boats. You know "why so serious" and the lip-licking and every line you've quoted at parties when somebody made a Joker reference.
But the movie you've memorized isn't really a Batman movie.
Christopher Nolan didn't want to make a superhero film. He wanted to make Michael Mann's Heat. He just needed Warner Brothers, $185 million, and a cape to get away with it.
The hospital walk wasn't improvised. The most iconic moment in the film was scripted, rehearsed, and choreographed before anyone rolled a camera. Heath Ledger sold it so well that fifteen years later you still believe he made it up.
This is the story of how a Batman sequel became one of the most subversive Hollywood films of the century. How an Australian heartthrob the internet tried to get fired delivered the performance that won an Oscar after his death. And how in 2007, before Snowden, before the Patriot Act became dinner-table conversation, Christopher Nolan asked you a question about surveillance you still haven't answered.
THE FULL QUENTIN TARANTINO STORY: youtu.be/XeOpf9olaWk
THE FULL JAMES CAMERON STORY: youtu.be/X3yYnbn7vwA
THE FULL MARTIN SCORSESE STORY: youtu.be/4kMWWLcVWdk
Narration by Gabriel Perez: feralhogcontent.com
00:00 Intro
00:52 Using Batman to Make Heat
04:17 Casting Heath Ledger
08:07 The Joker on Set
11:19 Harvey Dent and the Boats
14:44 IMAX and the Truck Flip
17:25 The Hospital Walk
19:12 Score, Death and Premiere
#ChristopherNolan #KoloKino #thedarkknighttrilogy
