Comments on: Speaking of the man trapped inside Gotham City http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/ My journal about thinking cinema Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jorge http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-135 jorge Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:08:23 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-135 did heath ledger die in hell or heaven? did heath ledger die in hell or heaven?

]]> By: Arup http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-120 Arup Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:03:11 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-120 A most interesting piece of write up to say the least...I only wish you had seen the film :) It was quite intriguing to see how you brought in the references of some particular generic influences on the film such as "Gangster" and the "Film Noir". However, I personally think that certain parallels could also have been drawn with the Westerns especially the "revisionist" ones where mostly the films drew their strengths from the gradual unfolding of the moral consciousness of the protagonist (or the antagonist for that matter!) and the subsequent conflicts. <strong>Anindya Sengupta:</strong> <em>The westerns are almost omnipresent in American popular imagination latently. The good and the ugly theme, in other words. Welcome Arup!</em> A most interesting piece of write up to say the least…I only wish you had seen the film :)
It was quite intriguing to see how you brought in the references of some particular generic influences on the film such as “Gangster” and the “Film Noir”. However, I personally think that certain parallels could also have been drawn with the Westerns especially the “revisionist” ones where mostly the films drew their strengths from the gradual unfolding of the moral consciousness of the protagonist (or the antagonist for that matter!) and the subsequent conflicts.

Anindya Sengupta: The westerns are almost omnipresent in American popular imagination latently. The good and the ugly theme, in other words. Welcome Arup!

]]> By: Prajjal http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-105 Prajjal Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:01:42 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-105 yesterday i was watching <em>Batman Forever</em> there was a reference to the fact that you were discussing in the class that Batman can never kill Twoface or rather Twoface completes Batman. In <em>Batman Forever</em> Bruce Wayne says to Grayson (the surviving circus chap) after Grayson says he wants to kill Twoface that "KILLING TWO FACED WONT TAKE THE PAIN AWAY" as if to suggest not to kill Twoface and he is desperately trying to shield Twoface... yesterday i was watching Batman Forever there was a reference to the fact that you were discussing in the class that Batman can never kill Twoface or rather Twoface completes Batman. In Batman Forever Bruce Wayne says to Grayson (the surviving circus chap) after Grayson says he wants to kill Twoface that “KILLING TWO FACED WONT TAKE THE PAIN AWAY” as if to suggest not to kill Twoface and he is desperately trying to shield Twoface…

]]> By: Joanna http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-103 Joanna Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:26:56 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-103 from a post to be published elsewhere. ?? from a post to be published elsewhere.
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]]> By: Joanna http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-102 Joanna Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:13:55 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-102 Before the grin menacingly reminded the scowl that he makes him ‘complete’…they were talking. When they are…sometimes…poised to kill each other, they recall that they are supposed to, born to, destined to talk with each other, interminably. no two leaves apart, from autumn they fell, one died brown, another flowered again... films which are an extension of the mind in any case, are alike in being different. and human beings are obviously not an exception. Before the grin menacingly reminded the scowl that he makes him ‘complete’…they were talking. When they are…sometimes…poised to kill each other, they recall that they are supposed to, born to, destined to talk with each other, interminably.

no two leaves apart, from autumn they fell,
one died brown, another flowered again…

films which are an extension of the mind in any case, are alike in being different.
and human beings are obviously not an exception.

]]> By: Prithwish http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-99 Prithwish Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:55:23 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-99 indigenious.... indigenious….

]]> By: Prithwish http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-95 Prithwish Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:40:45 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-95 simply BRAVO..... oh and yes... you missed out on Two-Face.... who also appears in the movie.... i would like to know where would you place him in this mysterious world of the mind. <strong>Anindya Sengupta: </strong><em>Dear Prithwish, just revisit the post after half-an-hour. I won't discuss two-face (I haven't seen the film yet!)... but I wish to mention him in a quirky way.</em> simply BRAVO…..
oh and yes…
you missed out on Two-Face…. who also appears in the movie…. i would like to know where would you place him in this mysterious world of the mind.

Anindya Sengupta: Dear Prithwish, just revisit the post after half-an-hour. I won’t discuss two-face (I haven’t seen the film yet!)… but I wish to mention him in a quirky way.

]]> By: raja alam http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/batman-and-noir/#comment-94 raja alam Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:15:31 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-94 kichhui bolar nei.NOIR porte gie eta pore fellam <strong>Anindya Sengupta:</strong> :) kichhui bolar nei.NOIR porte gie eta pore fellam

Anindya Sengupta: :)

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