The Dark Knight

"In many ways", Mr. Toth, The Dark Knight "is an excellent choice for" my last major project in English 101. By Christopher Nolan, a Warner Bros Picture release. Due to many elements and associations to the works of classic noir; classical period. That has updated the genre in so many ways. According to The Dark Knight web page, the film stars "Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on crime." One of the big thrillers that updates the genre, which sets the following elements, and associations, "off balance composition, and the use of shadow," as it is set on the "location associated with the genre". Or, "the impact of the film "The Dark Knight" on the Psychiatric world". Giving as an updated seduction of neo-noir. Where, "the nemesis Joker, played by Heath Ledger, shows his clown-face and icy violence attracting attention." The attention that leaves Gotham in Darkness; a shadow casted by evil. Or maybe the violence that "lends itself to the portrayal of characters under emotional stress" that "creates a sense of wonder [i.e. admiration] at the extraordinary manifestation of familiar emotions raised to unfamiliar pitch" (43)." Outside of the elements, we find the "characteristics and conventions that define the genre", the two faced "District Attorney Ha rvey Dent", and a curopt police department, good girl femme. As "they watch in awe as he races the voice-activated Batmobile through the dark and Somber streets of Gotham, eluding the Joker and his men." The films main element is the "depressed" side of real life in Gotham city, and the bad ass, first kill seduction we find in the Joker. Or, Maybe its "the unstitched border" and "empty corridors,...not yet deciphered while watching The Dark Knight.

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