Director
Christopher Nolan
Leading Actors/Actresses
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine
Genre
Action, Thriller
Language
English
Awards
n/a
Date of Release
2012
Producer
Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
Setting and Context
Gotham City eight years after Harvey Dent's death.
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of Bruce Wayne/Batman
Tone and Mood
Serious, Dramatic, Suspenseful
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is Bruce Wayne/Batman. Antagonists are Bane and Miranda Tate.
Major Conflict
Gotham City has been put on lock down with threat of nuclear blast if anyone leaves the city.
Climax
Batman carries the nuclear bomb outside of the city where it detonates saving the people of Gotham.
Foreshadowing
Selina dusting for Wayne's fingerprints foreshadows Wayne being pulled back into his life as Batman as a bigger plot is underway in the city.
Understatement
It is understated that Miranda Tate is the child of Ra's Al Ghul
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
n/a
Allusions
The nuclear energy program at Wayne Enterprises is an allusion to nuclear power being in the hands of the right or wrong people and the consequences of this kind of power.
Paradox
Selina betrays Batman time after time and yet paradoxically he continues to trust her to help him and save the city.
Parallelism
The "pit" prison is paralleled from the time Miranda and Bane were imprisoned there to when Bruce Wayne is put own there.
