Christopher Nolan on his work as the writer/director for The Dark Knight from working with IMAX to directing cast members like Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman.
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This is the second in a two part series on The Dark Knight. The first part is centered around The Joker and this video is centered around Batman and general parts about the movie. Christopher Nolan specifically touches on working with Wally, his DP, shooting in IMAX, working with the cast in action and drama moments, advice to young filmmakers, and more.
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Hope you guys enjoy part 2 in this Dark Knight series! Who is your favorite Batman and why?
The Director's Cut Dark Knight Rises because of Tom Hardy’s performance as Bane
Christian Bale is the best Bruce Wayne. Michael Keaton is the best Batman.
Michael Keaton. You could just mold a perfect cowl just from his facial features alone. He managed to characterise two distinct sides of the Batman and Bruce Wayne.... and didn't use a ridiculous voice!
Christian bale
Batman
Try and wrap your head around the fact that this wasn't nominated for Best Picture, and BLACK PANTHER was.
yorkiyorkxx That’s racist
@@yorkiyorkxx racist?
Those awards exist to push a current narrative and are representative of no actual merit whatsoever. Pretty easy to wrap your head around.
@@SuperUnunquadium A lot of money and marketing also goes into those nominations.
@@noahndindjock3362 RACIST? LOL! That's a fake and pretend word created by communist party people who want to limit freedom of speech.
I think most people will agree this should have been the first comic book movie nominated for Best Picture
First comic book movie to win best picture*
Well, the reason any comic book movie is nominated for the big Oscars at all is because ofThe Dark Knight. It’s really the reason why best picture expanded to 10 possible films being nominated.
@@jadchahhal1748 well that comes in 2020
Gavin48 What would that be?
@@Kachow-bp7sw Joker 🃏
The Dark Knight movie is still better than Avengers: Endgame.
@Raider 2747 naaahhhhh. Endgame was a good movie for me personally. Endgame has a lot of problems so no. Don get me wrong it was a great conclusion of this franchise but the best comic book is infinity war and the dark knight
@Ib7 h The Dark Knight is like level maximum of a movie, while endgame and infinity war is like level 100 only.
@Ib7 h agreed.
The Dark Knight trilogy in general are some of my fav comic book movies
@Raider 2747 honestly after reading the comments I don't get the point of comparing it to a marvel movie. I love endgame and infinity war, it doesn't have to be compared even though I don't find this a competition
11 years.. and people are still making video about this movie, it just proves that what impact this movie had on the people, it will forever be remembered as one of the greatest movies ever..
Purvesh Gholap one of the greatest movies ever? I dont know....
@@overseas4228 now you know.. it is really one of the greatest movies.. sits high above all other superhero movies.
@@TheGoodloox its a juggernaut!the Joker in this movie is scary!he was fun in the original 1989 movie, and awful in the recent ones!
The Dark Knight is still the best film ever made in my personal opinion. It's factually the best comic book movie ever made.
@@overseas4228 it is the greatest comic book based movie without question.
This is my favorite film because I love how it's treated as a film and not as a comic-book film.
This video made me appreciate all the wide shots in real cities, the vast cinemascope and style of the director. Even the garage where Wayne meets Alfred the first time, we've never seen an entry for the Batmobile like that, but it's very vast and very realistic. Even the scene where Alfred is burning the papers happens in that garage. Well done, new sub.
@@irreview Really glad you were able to take that away after watching. Those shots really bring in the hugely cinematic feel he talks about wanting to achieve with IMAX
That’s right, the way it should be. Compare this to an interview with Joel Schumacher who did Batman Forever, and commented that “this a comic book movie.”, says a lot about his approach as a director.
@@AlexJEdits because it is a comic book movie.... morons like you try to make comic book heroes as realistic as they possibly can
@@wetdon591 No need to hate on someone, just because they like things that are different. These are characters, and are fictional. Each person has a different creative view point. Nolan liked to make it as realistic as possible, as believable as possible. But he also added effort to tell the story. The reality of the setting, action, gadgets etc are all just a blanket over a simply good looking story. Joel Schumacher didn't even have a good story to start with, so the addition of silly cartoonish effects, gadgets, etc just didn't help the film. That's what he was trying to say
No other movie ever portrayed me better.
I think batman begins portrayed batman and bruce wayne better, but the dark knight is a better film for sure.
The entire Dark Knight Trilogy portrayed Bruce Wayne and The Batman perfectly accurate to the comic books in a realistic way. It still kept the darkness and emotional depth of all The Batman comic books.
No offense, but you're wrong... Batman: Mask of The Phantasm did it better, however, if we're talking in terms of live-action, then you are right.
Mask of the Phantasm and TDK is top tier Level Kevin Conroy arguably is my favorite but Bale is no slouch
Autism Bringer I agree. Batman Begins is a movie that’s actually about Bruce. Dark Knight’s protagonist is Harvey Dent
One of the greatest films of all time, and absolutely the best comic book film ever made.
Keypoint to success: 1. Christopher nolan insist on realistic 2. Heath ledger 3. Hans zimmer 4.christian bale knowing when to stop and end as a legend 5.a dark and real story, no Mary sue or “prince vs monster fairy tales” 6. More amazing actors and actresses
Most of the actor who played the main characters as well as side characters were really good. They all put there all in.
It's like you people just hate the concept of fiction.
No one said or even implied that they hated fiction. I think you're hearing voices man.
Nope, just because this film did it like this doesn't mean that's how every single movie should be.... Movies are meant to portray different aspects of humanity's dreams, this is just one of them, every movie is just one in a larger scale.
It isn't just the real and dark story, it's the ideas that Nolan plays with along with the amazing direction
One of the greatest movies ever. Should have won an Oscar.
It won Supporting Role and Cinematography
The Guy with a SIM Glasses Slumdog millionaire won best cinematography dummy do your research first.
@@BrokenSIMGlasses It won sound editing, not cinematography. I believe it was nominated for it, tho
@@errwhattheflip well thanks for informing me kindly
@@BrokenSIMGlasses No problem. The other guy was being unnecessarily rude.
I mean, is a channel even a film channel without the obligatory "dark knight" video? Great video, nonetheless!
Hahah it had to be done, especially with The Joker coming out next month
@@Jilloms totally fair. This movie has helped change how blockbuster movies are made today, and it remains a classic. Seems only fair to keep talking about it for many years to come
this was not a video about the dark knight. it is a compile of stolen from company's interview of Nolan talking about his films.
so glad they made this video tbh ❤️
invatafreestyle Street & Freestyle Football by AL *nolan talking about TDK, this video is obviously about TDK dumbass
Videos about the dark knight are still being posted on youtube in 2019. Goes to show how influential this movie was and still is.
There's a reason why this film frequently features in the Top 100 films of all time by established, certified household critics. In Empire's 500 Greatest - it featured #15. Last I checked it was #32 on the American Film Institute's Greatest Films of all Time. It's in the top of IMDB. It's been 11 years and this film is *still* talked about and lauded as the greatest comic book film ever made. Whenever a new comic book film comes out, the question always is - "Will it be as good as The Dark Knight?". And the answer is... no. It never will be. Long live the King!
ThievesGuild it wasn’t on the American Film Institute List Of The Greatest American films of all time due to it being released a year later
JOKER is up there for me! Definitely was refreshing and beautifully made! The Dark Knight trilogy and JOKER are the greatest films related to the comics ever made!
Christopher Nolan.. the best and probably most interesting director ever, how he’s managed to carefully craft some of the best films in quite dark imagery and make them so colourful is amazing.
Hot take man. Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrei Tarkovsky, etc. would beg to differ
@@errwhattheflip not saying you’re wrong.. but Nolan has made more successful, diverse & accessible movies without selling out to the mainstream. I like all of the directors you’ve mentioned as well tho
@@joelek19 Nolan has a talent for balancing art with entertainment to make universally appealing movies, but he's just not as good of a director as some of these others. But I get what you're saying.
Avengers: Endgame is a great *comic-book* movie The Dark knight is a great *movie*
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Why do you guys keep bringing up endgame? Why not great “movies” like the Winter Soldier or Logan and films that can actually compare?
True! The Dark Knight is one of the greatest films of all time since Blade Runner, Godfather, Lord of the Rings, Gone with the Wind, classic movies, you name them. 👍
@@jordanwebster1728 Because people talk about Endgame the most. What's the problem?
So what? What's wrong with being a comic book movie?
The Dark Knight is the movie we don't deserve, but the one we need !
the two face arc in this movie was amazing and underrated performance.
3:50 "I do not use a monitor" 4:59 *Proceeds to use a monitor*
I’m positive he wants to double check the frame sometimes.
Imagine Nolan directing a James Bond film?
This comment here, this is it.
Not hard to imagine. With his filmmaking style that movie would probably spoil the rest of the movies of the JB franchise just as evey other superhero movies got stood on by Nolan's take on Batman movies.
He did. It's called tenet
This is the greatest film ever made.
I love Nolan’s take on Batman, on it being more grounded in reality than a comic book movie. So much better than the MCU
MCU's only grounded movie was the winter soldier and that is the best MCU movie to date.
Grounded =/= quality. The Dark Knight is probably the best comic book movie ever made, but that's not just because it's "dark" and "gritty." It's the best because the filmmaking is incredible. How you make an action drama movie is different from how you make a goofy Guardians of the Galaxy style movie. The Dark Knight is better at being The Dark Knight than Guardians of the Galaxy. But Guardians of the Galaxy is better at being Guardians of the Galaxy than The Dark Knight.
@@calebmurphy9406 I agree, but I dont think his point was that it's better because its grouned and that automatically makes it better, rather with marvel you're not as invested because of how fantastical it is and how it's always good guys vs bad guys. With thanks the most developed villain in the MCU he was still boiled down to "purple chin bad guy"
@@cryojudgement2376 dumbest argument and yes, the original commenter thinks that more realistic = better. The dark knight still boils down to a billionaire in a costume and and emo with face paint
@@wetdon591 yes but they have much more motivation and development. Thanks was teased in movies for 6 years plotting his plan, and while he is the most developed he is still nowhere near as in depth or complex as either the batman or the joker. We learn more about the joke and his intentions while never getting a backstory, while thanks literally changes thhe reality to give exposition about his childhood. And these movies are much less fantastical then marvel nonetheless, batman feels like he could be a real entity, at least in the first movie.
The scene with Joker walking towards batman and the beginning shot with the Joker and the two robbers in the car are the most beautiful imo.
this movie is beautiful looking…the city colors, the cinematography, the quality is insane i love every shot.
Well that....was fucking *AWESOME*
So glad you enjoyed it!
The dark knight trilogy will be a classic for a long time, great video!
I’m glad that Nolan made Dent a like able character. Because when I read the Long Halloween I didn’t care about Harvey when he became two face because he was a jerk anyways.
He made a masterpiece, and for that I'm forever grateful to sir Nolan, as a Batman comic-book fan and as a film fan.
In the starting few lines of the video, Nolan told what he wanted to do with Batman:his pitch was to show Batman as an extraordinary character in an ordinary world!!
The Dark Knight was a crime drama featuring batman. All other comic book movies are superhero movies.
It’s 2008’s “Heat”
It's a superhero movie, the villain is a clown and the protagonist is a man who dresses as a bat because his parents died. It's not a movie about just stopping the criminals and bringing about justice, it's about a man who becomes a symbol, of something more than he or any other man is, sos that he can restore order to a city full of evil and corruption. The dark knight is about introducing chaos to a city where its defined as black and white of batman vs the bad guys. But when the joker throws batman for a loop it becomes a battle for the soul of Gotham, not how much money joker stole or the mob ripping off the cops. Its about batman trying to save a city that deserves more, not batman working with law enforcement to stop a bunch of gangsters.
Ive watched this film between 9 and 12 times this year sofar i could have it on loop from beginning to end. It is so smooth. NO MORE DEAD COPS.
This movie has a set an unmatchable standard.
Awesome video! one of my all time favourite movies and director
Thanks, Jon! I'm glad you liked it
The way Nolan says "genre" is so silky.
Great video, very well put together. Thank you.
LETS NOT NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THE DARK KNIGHT!!!!
The dark knight is reminiscent of The exorcist in that when you think of both, you always think of the antagonist first and not the titular character.
Where'd you go man? This was some good stuff
I've been a fan of Batman comic books my entire life. My Top Four Favorite Batman films are 1. The Dark Knight 2. The Dark Knight Rises 3. Batman Begins 4. Batman FOREVER Those are the only Batman films that I find that are true to the comic books I love to read
Batman '89 and Batman Returns? Honestly I lived how Tim Burton tried to empathise us with Batman's villains and how he is also not much different from them.
Love these videos please keep them coming!
I honestly think that Nolan is the type of guy who can say he wants to make a film without going into in depth and any studios would just fight to finance it
This Channel is amazing! thank you for posting these vids!
Thanks so much for watching, Joe!
Just wanted to say love these videos and keep up the good work! There so well edited and educational.
Thank you so much, Simon! I'm glad you're able to learn from them
So good. Thanks for all your time and effort. I love these videos.
Thanks for continuing to watch them!
thank u for making this video 🔥🔥
It's no problem. I enjoy making them for everyone
Reasons displayed here is why DC is more bold and better the. Marvel in my opinion. If u like marvel cool but in my mind when DC has the right crew and director it really shines in a dark surprising way . I hope more future DC films will take notes and find its strength and potential when the camera is in the hands of the right person.
Thank you for making these curated videos. I definitely recommend doing Derek Cianfrance for Place beyond the Pines
I appreciate the support. Thanks for the recommendation too!
Such a wonderful director Christopher Nolan love way he puts everything.. together especially, The dark knight Trilogy. Their is something... about the dark knight that makes me feel strong it makes me feel powerful, alive Batman is The key to my success in life.
The best comic book film and one of the best films in general. Nolan got the Batman right and I don’t see it being surpassed for the future to come.
This is why The Dark Knight is the best film yet. Instead of creating a comic book movie, Christopher decides to create a real movie that is more grounded in reality.
How does that make it the best film ever? There are plenty of movies that actually feel grounded in reality and are really fucking good.
@@errwhattheflipbut they not the dark knight tho
The story is out of this world! Watching this again in 2022 after the new one
Christoper Nolan’s The Dark Knight is timeless
This film is DC MASTERPIECE!
Perfect cinema ART
I'm really not a comic book movie fan in general (haven't seen most of the Marvel movies...yes including Endgame...or most of the DC movies)...but I've seen the Dark Knight trilogy many times because they're such good movies.
ONE OF THE MASTERS
Christopher Nolan changed the game for superhero films.
I love Two-Face here, I'd see a movie with him as a main villain
ya too bad they fuckin killed him ..stupid relly , considering Heath died ..woulda been better setup then Dark Knight Rises ..coulda got Two Face to track down somone (Bane)to take down Batman in Dark Knight Rises . and dont have Batman so beat up and worn down
I don't give a shit about other people's opinions, this is the greatest movie of all time and nothing can beat it
You can tell just by listening to Nolan that he truly cares about the craft of filmmaking. This isn’t a technician or someone obsessed with style. That’s why I’ll never understand why he likes Michael Bay’s movies or why he chose Zack Snyder to direct Man of Steel.
Snyder was left on his own after Man of Steel. And then he pretty much bastardised the promising new cinematic universe.
This channel rules.
I lost count how many times I've watched this movie.
Thank you, Nolan.
Gorgeous thumbnail
Thank you!
Nolan, I think is THE director of the past 2 decades. Not sure if Batman Begins put him on the map. Or if he did any films before that. But clearly he does take directing to another level. And I don't think any one would be disappointed watching any of his films. My only gripe is his preference for NOT embracing "4k surround sound formats" like Dolby Atmos or DTS X. The film company, I believe it was Warner Bros., could have included the "STD BluRay sound track Nolan preferred" AND an Atmos track for the 4k discs. How much better sounding the trilogy would have been IMHO in Atmos. If it had it I would have bought the trilogy again on 4k HDR BluRay. For me it makes no sense to buy a 4k movie if it doesn't have both stellar 4k HDR (or Dolby Vision) video AND Atmos or DTS X..might as well stick with the standard bluray discs. Buying 4k only if we don't already own that film on DVD or STD BluRay.
Begins put him on the map. Knight put him in the center of the map. Rises put him to the center of his very own map.
@@Angyalinah, swap out rises for inception
Kind of an older one but how about Stanley Kubrick on The Shining?
Still my favorite DC movie 👍🏻 and I think I love the Dark night even more cause of Heath Ledgers joker of course
I love this trilogy so much, it is one of the best trilogies ever made... Nolan is my superhero...
Best one to me.
Good job... Waiting for interstellar ❤
So much is right about this movie.
sill waiting for that batman & robin movie
I prefer Marvel over DC but I prefer The Dark Knight over all Marvel movies.
can anyone tell me what the name of the font is that is used outside the border at 5:34 . ex Directed by Christopher Nolan ...... its real fine and i want it
YO im waiting for an upload
Christopher Nolan not using Monitors during filming is like Sven Vath not using headphones when DJing. Masters transcending tools of their craft.
When shooting film, a monitor doesn't give you any reliable chroma or luma information. It'd be similar to just looking through the viewfinder. You're totally at the mercy of the DP to execute those properly. It would only be useful for seeing framing and what the performance/blocking looks like to the camera. Nolan is brilliant but this aspect more shows how much he trusts his cinematographer. Wally Pfister shot every movie of his from Memento to Dark Knight Rises so they definitely were on the same wavelength.
. Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight Trilogy Crown of the superhero-movie genre
This film/trilogy isn't the best comic book movie. Because it isn't a comic book movie. I like to say it's inspired by comic book characters in a realistic world. Exactly like what Chris said in the opening. However. Heath ledger is easily the best portrayal of a comic book character ever. There will always be a different joker but that joker will always be compared to heath. Rip legend
Comic book batman and comic book joker are better written
It's a shame he limited it to only 3 these films were the best depiction of batman
lucky me im subbed to The Director's Cut
You should put subtitles
Can you make a stanley Kubrick video?
Definitely!
@@Jilloms yes! Can't wait!
Are you in anyway affiliated with Behind the Curtain. Your formula is exactly the same as theirs. Wondering where the correlation is??
Yes this is a phenomenal film and one of the greatest if not the greatest Batman film made, not my favourite though. However you can't compare this to Infinity War or Endgame because they are completely different and great in their own way, they are much more the summer blockbuster big event movies, which are still amazing and 2 of the best marvel films ever but you just can't compare them to the dark knight films.
Have you done batman begins or it's third film?
I have not unfortunately. Just a video on The Joker in The Dark Knight and the directing process of the full film
@@Jilloms it be cool if you covered the trilogy cuz I feel they were all directed well in their own way
The best comic book movie of all time. Oscar snubs 😡
I know people will disagree with me but I actually think The Dark Knight Rises was the best out of the 3,it seemed like they up scaled everything up a notch and the filming was superb.
I don't think it was the best but I felt it was better than begins. Ur right ppl were way too critical but understandable to an extent since no Heath ledger and that absolutely mind blowing story that was in the previous one
I thought D.K. Rises was the worst of the three.
I watched 20 to 30 times and written the story of dark knight to learn film making and I can say this is my film education without going to film school but I didn’t like the concept of film school
Batman Trilogy >>> Every MCU movie.
15 Mins of Any MCU movie >>>> Justice League
@@SignalFlowers Nolan's batman trilogy wasn't part of DCEU
dude I've seen you in like almost every Nolan related video lol
@@cathrsys9584 all mcu fanboys say that
TDK SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE THIRD MOVIE IN THE TRILOGY
Nolan stating he doesn't use monitors is mind-boggling and "genius-sounding" (I imagine Nolan going to another director's set and saying 'Oh you still use monitors, how quaint'), except then he's shown using a monitor... I'm not sure if he could make the movie look the same (or as good) without the use of monitors btw, real Batman fans know _Bill Finger_ created Batman and not Bob Kane who stole everything from him
Even if u haven't read a comic in your life. Even if u dont know who the fuck Batman is. Ur still gonna live this trilogy n u will start loving Batman. I didn't like him much coz I saw Batman v Superman before seeing this trilogy(which was a sin!) But then this! I fucking love it n huge Batman fan. Still biased for BaleBat but whatever!
Can you do a video on Polanski’s Chinatown?
People in the Comment Section, stop talking about Oscars, it doesn't really matter. There are more ways for filmmakers to know that their creative masterpiece is appreciated by the masses and nobody feels like it was dumbed down to appeal to the audience.
This guy is the movie version of Einstein
This is a director with vision. I remember seein Memento and having this feeling of discovering a new talent and voice that is similar to my own.
Why does Christian Bale sound so strange?
Something about Nolans Batman movies always came off to me as dangerously realistic in tone. Really just awesome movies to watch still, it's always a joy. I really disliked Matt Reeves take, so I'm going to ignore Batman till he is done with it.
Dark Knight is not a superhero movie, it's a drama with batman in it.
The Dark Knight destroys EndGame
I have on a bat man pillow case adult kid old time author live some durning war time here we go again star wars
The piano music is so annoying LOL