Episode 49: The Dark Knight

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

The LFTS team discusses The Dark Knight's unique structure, disturbing themes, and its enduring legacy. Plus, you know, how amazing Heath Ledger's performance is.

Show Notes

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay.
0:08.7	Today we are talking about The Dark Night, the 2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan, screenplay
0:14.6	by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan.
0:16.5	I'm joined by the lessons from the screenplay team, Trisha Arand.
0:19.7	Hello, everyone.
0:20.7	Brian Bittner. Hello, everyone. Brian Bittner.
0:21.4	Hello, hello.
0:22.1	And Alex Coyotes.
0:23.4	Hi.
0:23.9	So this is obviously part two in our trilogy of episodes on the Dark Night trilogy from
0:29.5	Christopher Nolan.
0:30.3	And it's the Dark Night.
0:31.9	So I feel like we have to say that again.
0:36.3	And so there are so many things to talk about with this movie, obviously, from structural things to Hewledger as the Joker, to just Batman and the moment, the cultural moment that happened when this came out.
0:49.5	But I feel like I kind of just need to please the gods or whatever.
0:53.9	The gods of the first viral video for lessons from the screenplay.
0:58.2	I was like, where is he going with this sentence?
1:00.7	The gods of...
1:02.3	YouTube.
1:03.3	Yeah.
1:03.7	Yes, the YouTube gods.
1:04.8	There we go.
	...

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