Hunting The Dark Knight Twenty-First Century Batman.
Title:
Hunting The Dark Knight Twenty-First Century Batman.
Author:
Will, Brooker.
ISBN:
9780857732125
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Batman of Many Worlds; 1. The Nolan Function: Authorship; 2. The Batman Matrix: Adaptation; 3. Dark Knight Lockdown: Realism and Repression; 4. Carnival on Infinite Earths: Continuity and Crisis; 5. The Never-Ending War: Deconstruction and the Dark Knight; Epilogue: Time and the Batman; Notes; Select Bibliography.
Abstract:
Publishing to coincide with Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, _x000D_in July 2012, Will Brooker's new book explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations._x000D_Brooker's investigation into Batman Begins and The Dark Knight uncovers the complex_x000D_relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media_x000D_convergence. He addresses a myriad of questions raised by these films: did Batman Begins_x000D_end when The Dark Knight began? Does its story include Burger King's 'Dark Whopper', _x000D_the Gotham Knight DVD, or the 'Why So Serio.
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