Posted by: Jett
Monday, October 27, 2008
12:23 PM TEXAS TIME: In what's probably his FIRST INTERVIEW since doing press last Summer for THE DARK KNIGHT, director Chris Nolan talks a bit about The Joker and a possible (inevitable?) return to Gotham City. Here's a bit from an interview Chris did recently upon returning from vacation:
ON THE JOKER AND HIS POSSIBLE RETURN:
No, really and in truth, I only deal with one film at a time. I find myself sort of protesting this issue a lot. We’ve never attempted to save anything for a sequel or set up anything for a sequel. That seems improbable to some people because, particularly with BATMAN BEGINS, the film ended with a particular hook [The “Joker Card Moment” - Jett]. But for me that was just about the excitement of people leaving the theater with the sense that now we have the character up and running. I wanted people to walk away with that sense in their head. You know, that’s he’s become the Batman in the movie. That’s why we had the title come up at the end, because it was "Batman Begins," and it was all very specific to that.
““We tried our hardest to really do everything in this movie that we would want to see The Joker do and to get that in the fabric of the story as much as possible. We wanted The Joker’s final taunt to Batman to be that they are locked in an ongoing struggle because of Batman’s rules. There’s a paradox there. Batman won’t kill. And tThe Joker is not interested in completely defeating Batman because he’s fascinated by him and he enjoys sparring with him. It’s trapped both of them. That was really the meaning of it. Of course what happened is Heath created the most extraordinary character that you would love to see 10 movies about. That’s the bittersweet thing. It was incredible characterization.”
ON RETURNING FOR “BATMAN 3“:
“Is there a story that’s going to keep me emotionally invested for the couple of years that it will take to make another one? That’s the overriding question. On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question: ‘How many good third movies in a franchise can people name?’ At the same time, in taking on the second one, we had the challenge of trying to make a great second movie, and there haven't been too many of those either. It’s all about the story really. If the story is there, everything is possible.”
You can check out the full interview over at LATIMES.COM. And as always...
bang, Bang, BANG! AND...
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