Christopher Nolan's Gotham Cities | Video Essay

Welcome to my second video essay, in which I try to justify (to myself, more than anything) why I think Christopher Noland decided not to shoot The Dark Knight Rises in Chicago like he had with the previous two Dark Knight films.

00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - Part 1: The Three Gothams
04:17 - Part 2: Batman and His City
08:22 - Part 3: The City as Character
10:09 - Part 4: A Bruce Wayne Story
13:54 - Part 5: The Living City
17:45 - Conclusion

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SOURCES:
"Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon" by Will Brooker: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
"Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight" by Travis Langley: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
"Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul" edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
"Gothcago: How The Dark Knight built upon an American metropolis" (Polygon): https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/17/175...
"The Evolution of Batman's Gotham City" by The Nerdwriter:    • The Evolution of Batman's Gotham City  
"The Playlist Interview: Christopher Nolan Talks The 'Dark Knight' Trilogy..." (IndieWire): https://www.indiewire.com/2012/12/the...
KCRW's "The Treatment" - Batman Begins (2005): https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/th...
KCRW's "The Treatment" - The Dark Knight (2008): https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/th...
KCRW's "The Treatment" - The Dark Knight Rises (2012): https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/th...
"Christopher Nolan Interview - The Dark Knight" (Collider): https://collider.com/christopher-nola...
"Christopher Nolan: Villains Defined The Dark Knight Trilogy More Than Batman" (Variety): https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ch...

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