Hunting the Dark Knight Twenty-First Century Batman
by Brooker, WillFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-07-15
Publisher(s): I. B. Tauris
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Summary
On the eve of the world premiere of Christopher Nolan¿s The Dark Knight Rises, Will Brooker¿s new book explores Batman¿s twenty-first century incarnations. Brooker¿s close analysis of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight offers a rigorous account ofthe complex relationship between popular films, audiences and producers in our age of media convergence. By exploring themes of authorship, adaptation and intertextuality, he addresses a myriad of questions raised by these films: did Batman Begins end when The Dark Knight began? Does its story include the Gotham Knight DVD, or the 'Why So Serious¿ viral marketing campaign? Is it separate from the parallel narratives of the Arkham Asylum videogame, the monthly comicbooks, the animated series and the graphic novels? Can the brightly campy incarnations of the Batman ever be fully repressed by The Dark Knight, or are they an intrinsic part of the character? A vital text for film students and academics, as well as legions of Batman fans.
Author Biography
Will Brooker is Reader and Director of Research in Film and Television at Kingston University, London.He is a leading expert on the Dark Knight, author of the cultural history of Batman, Batman Unmasked. His other books include Using the Force and Alice's Adventures. He edited the Audience Studies Reader and The Blade Runner Experience, and wrote the BFI Film Classics volume on Star Wars.
Table of Contents
Prologue * The Nolan Function: Authorship * The Batman Matrix: Adaptation * Dark Knight Lockdown: Realism and Repression * Carnival on Infinite Earths: Continuity and Crisis * The Never-Ending War: Deconstruction and the Dark Knight * Epilogue: Time and the Batman * Bibliography * Index
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