Jody Duncan,Janine Pourroy,Christopher J. Nolan
In 2005, director, writer, and producer Christopher Nolan redefined the Batman legend with ,Batman Begins,, starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader. A fresh, dynamic reboot of the franchise, ,Batman Begins, explored Bruce Wayne's evolution from billionaire orphan to Gotham City's dark avenger. The film deconstructed the super-hero genre and put an indelible stamp on it â€“ Nolan's character-driven, hard-edged realism gave Batman a new, "real-world" origin story.,A 2008 sequel, ,The Dark Knight,, took those compelling foundations and raised the stakes, pitting Batman against a deranged master criminal, the Joker (Heath Ledger, whose performance won him a posthumous Academy AwardÂ® for Best Supporting Actor), in an all-out war for Gotham's soul. At once a sprawling crime epic, a rumination on moral relativism, and a blockbuster action film, ,The Dark Knight, expanded the scope and depth of ,Batman Begins, and broke box-office records.,Now, the final film in The Dark Knight Trilogy, ,The Dark Knight Rises,, brings Nolan's Batman saga to an end. An epic disaster movie on a global scale, ,The Dark Knight Rises, blends the tragic, character-driven roots of ,Batman Begins, with the thrilling action and thematic complexity of ,The Dark Knight,.,The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy, tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of these three monumental films. Based on in-depth interviews with Nolan and all of the filmsâ€™ key cast and crew - including cowriters David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, cinematographer Wally Pfister, and composer Hans Zimmer - and supported by lavish art and never-before-seen photography, the book reveals the creative development and design behind The Dark Knight Trilogy. Each chapter is devoted to a separate step of the filmmaking process, highlighting how Nolan's vision and working methods - favoring repertory-style casting, tenets of classicla drama, and practical effects - helped make the definitive Batman for a new generation.
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The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy