num_pages: 304
description: In 2005 director writer and producer Christopher Nolan redefined the Batman legend with Batman Begins starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader. A fresh dynamic reboot of the franchise Batman Begins explored Bruce Wayne's evolution from billionaire orphan to Gotham City's dark avenger. The film deconstructed the super-hero genre and put an indelible stamp on it  Nolan's character-driven hard-edged realism gave Batman a new real-world origin story.A 2008 sequel The Dark Knight took those compelling foundations and raised the stakes pitting Batman against a deranged master criminal the Joker (Heath Ledger whose performance won him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor) in an all-out war for Gotham's soul. At once a sprawling crime epic a rumination on moral relativism and a blockbuster action film The Dark Knight expanded the scope and depth of Batman Begins and broke box-office records.Now the final film in The Dark Knight Trilogy The Dark Knight Rises brings Nolan's Batman saga to an end. An epic disaster movie on a global scale The Dark Knight Rises blends the tragic character-driven roots of Batman Begins with the thrilling action and thematic complexity of The Dark Knight.The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of these three monumental films. Based on in-depth interviews with Nolan and all of the films key cast and crew - including cowriters David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan cinematographer Wally Pfister and composer Hans Zimmer - and supported by lavish art and never-before-seen photography the book reveals the creative development and design behind The Dark Knight Trilogy. Each chapter is devoted to a separate step of the filmmaking process highlighting how Nolan's vision and working methods - favoring repertory-style casting tenets of classicla drama and practical effects - helped make the definitive Batman for a new generation.
language: English
title: The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy
publisher: Harry N. Abrams