Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Together" (1958)
dir. Robert Altman
dir. Christopher Nolan
Showing posts with label batman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label batman. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Symbol
dir. Christopher Nolan
dir. Pete Travis
from Mister J.
Interesting fact about Dredd: Pete Travis was a social worker before he became a director.
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Fascist
"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight."
The Dark Knight (2008)
dir. Christopher Nolan
"Only one thing fighting for order in the chaos - Judges."
Dredd (2012)
dir. Pete Travis
from electronico6
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Dark Knight Rises
I'm more of a Superman guy, but the new The Dark Knight Rises poster is awesome, and here's why:
The Batman Begins poster showed Batman swooping down between the buildings of Gotham, surrounded by a debris of bats. He's a natural element contrasting with the buildings, just a man struggling to find his place.
The Dark Knight's poster begins to unify Batman and Gotham. His brand is burnt into the side of a building and the chatter of bats is alluded to with a similar pattern of metal debris. He still stands apart, though, isolated at the bottom.
The Dark Knight Rises' poster finally unifies Batman and Gotham. It recreates the framing of the Begins poster, but the bats are now fully replaced by the collapsing buildings. Batman, strikingly, is totally absent. He exists as negative space, a spectral figure in the skies over Gotham. Batman has been absorbed into the city and exists as what he always intended to be: a figure of lore to terrorize criminals.
It unifies the Begins and TDK posters, suggests a completion of a journey, AND harkens back to the original 1989 poster and iconic imagery:
but in negative - unlike the Batwing/moon image, Batman is not a dark figure caught in a spotlight, he is the spotlight ITSELF, white and ethereal, looming over the skies. It's a complex, dark, almost fascist image that reaches the heart of Nolan's take on the character.
The Batman Begins poster showed Batman swooping down between the buildings of Gotham, surrounded by a debris of bats. He's a natural element contrasting with the buildings, just a man struggling to find his place.
The Dark Knight's poster begins to unify Batman and Gotham. His brand is burnt into the side of a building and the chatter of bats is alluded to with a similar pattern of metal debris. He still stands apart, though, isolated at the bottom.
The Dark Knight Rises' poster finally unifies Batman and Gotham. It recreates the framing of the Begins poster, but the bats are now fully replaced by the collapsing buildings. Batman, strikingly, is totally absent. He exists as negative space, a spectral figure in the skies over Gotham. Batman has been absorbed into the city and exists as what he always intended to be: a figure of lore to terrorize criminals.
It unifies the Begins and TDK posters, suggests a completion of a journey, AND harkens back to the original 1989 poster and iconic imagery:
but in negative - unlike the Batwing/moon image, Batman is not a dark figure caught in a spotlight, he is the spotlight ITSELF, white and ethereal, looming over the skies. It's a complex, dark, almost fascist image that reaches the heart of Nolan's take on the character.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Signature Entrance
The Shadow Chapter 1: "The Doomed City" (1940)dir. James W. Horne
Batman (1989)dir. Tim Burton
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Spotlight
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
dir. Orson Welles
Batman Returns (1992)
dir. Tim Burton
Monday, November 8, 2010
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