The Dark Knight The Composite Christopher Nolan Interview Thread

[lixdexia]

so did i miss something, or i am i correct in thinking that this article has no new info in it?

 

[Cinemaman]

Well....I think not. By the way Cine, great avatar, love love love tha movie so much.

Really?

Thanx, I love FC too

 

[BatScot]

A cult of personality is still a cult...

... unless they changed the very course of cinema.

 

[kenellard]

Welles gets up in the morning, he pisses excellence, Nolan can't touch his stuff

 

[Dark Knight]

Found this interview with Chris Nolan that was done last month. Not much news about TDK.

From KODAK:

Source: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/onFilmInterviews/nolan.jhtml
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/onFilmInterviews/?id=0.1.4.9&lc=en

Nice find....

 

[Seen]

Really?

Thanx, I love FC too

Dudes, we don't talk about Fight Club.

 

[saint sinner x]

FOR “DARK KNIGHT” WILL YOU BE USING ANY OF THE FRAGMENTED STORYTELLING YOU USED ON “MEMENTO”?

No less than in “Batman Begins.” The challenge for us here, and this is something I spoke to David [Goyer] and Jonah [Nolan] a lot about, was more that there were lots of characters and more of an epic scope to this film. The storytelling is very much conventional drama. The challenge was in juggling a fat story.

I'm sensing flashback sequence. What do u think?

 

[Baba Ghanoush]

Yeah, I think it'll be slight flashbacks ala BB and not the heavily segmented storylines in his other films.

 

[JStorm]

Hollyweird can make things too difficult, I think.

There have been plenty of movies that had scenes that could have be shorter, flashbacked, etc.

Also, it seems as of late, that most movies have scenes that shouldn't be in the movie. Then when said persons watch the deleted scenes, it's "one-liners" or worse, something important.

 

[MiniBond]

Just little flashbacks like in BB please ! The Memento structure lost me completely !

 

[Watson]

FOR “DARK KNIGHT” WILL YOU BE USING ANY OF THE FRAGMENTED STORYTELLING YOU USED ON “MEMENTO”?

No less than in “Batman Begins.” The challenge for us here, and this is something I spoke to David [Goyer] and Jonah [Nolan] a lot about, was more that there were lots of characters and more of an epic scope to this film. The storytelling is very much conventional drama. The challenge was in juggling a fat story.

I'm sensing flashback sequence. What do u think?

Where's this from?

 

[Fried Gold]

The Memento structure lost me completely !

WTF

 

[sasquatchs]

Where's this from?

Wizard World

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/movies/dark_knight/005609461.cfm

Some pretty good quotes there, there's way more opportunity for decent drama with less exposition to get through this time, especially with Dent hopefully

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: The short answer is “Yes.” The long answer is that “Batman Begins” was an origin story and the important thing was to move the story forward. In this movie, the detective stuff will help move the story along.

Definitely want Bruce to drive the story this time rather than just reacting to events around him

 

[JStorm]

It's time to get off topic: Could someone give me a movie where "the detective stuff" helped move along the story.

I'm at a loss here. I believe Nolan.. but I'm at a loss.

 

[Darknightnomis]

Just little flashbacks like in BB please ! The Memento structure lost me completely !

The part's with Leonard's investigation is backwards.

Have Nolan ever done a movie without flashbacks?

 

[Brendan]

The part's with Leonard's investigation is backwards.

Have Nolan ever done a movie without flashbacks?

No, but Insomnia was a whole lot more linear than any of his other films. Plus the flashbacks were very short and were used just to help visually with Al Pacino's character's background development.

Memento and Following were the most non-linear of any of his films I think.

 

[Joe-ker]

You know, I've been meaning to ask... does anyone know if that Wizard World press conference is a FULL transcript? Seems like people who were there made it seem like a relatively long affair... while the transcript makes it seem a short Q & A... the footage... and it's over. In and out in twenty minutes.

 

[MiniBond]

WTF

Sorry ! Not a big fan of this kind of exercise style ! I prefer more linear stories (I loved Insomnia) with little flash backs ! Even the lighter deconstructive structure of The Prestige confused me (but the revelation and the story was more interesting to me so I hanged on)!

 

[Brendan]

Insomnia was a remake though of a Euro film so I don't know how different Nolan's version is from the original. I still have yet to see the first one.

 

[sasquatchs]

You know, I've been meaning to ask... does anyone know if that Wizard World press conference is a FULL transcript? Seems like people who were there made it seem like a relatively long affair... while the transcript makes it seem a short Q & A... the footage... and it's over. In and out in twenty minutes.

Here's a couple of other versions anyway, nothing definitive

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=124975

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11578

There was a big WW thread with loads of accounts from Hype members, they seemed to pick up all the little details missed by the sites. Twas deleted though

 

[Joe-ker]

Here's a couple of other versions anyway, nothing definitive

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=124975

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11578

There was a big WW thread with loads of accounts from Hype members, they seemed to pick up all the little details missed by the sites. Twas deleted though

Cool... thanx

 

[MiniBond]

FOR “DARK KNIGHT” WILL YOU BE USING ANY OF THE FRAGMENTED STORYTELLING YOU USED ON “MEMENTO”?

No less than in “Batman Begins.” The challenge for us here, and this is something I spoke to David [Goyer] and Jonah [Nolan] a lot about, was more that there were lots of characters and more of an epic scope to this film. The storytelling is very much conventional drama. The challenge was in juggling a fat story.

I'm sensing flashback sequence. What do u think?

Do we have a link for this extract ? t:

 

[Yurka]

I hope its less than Begins, Begins tells how he began, its a backstory mixed with his current life. TDK should, for the most part, be all current, maybe some flashbacks that show important influences but not many. thats what Im hoping for.

 

[fabman]

Same here.

 

[jimmy]

Sounds EPIC.