Episode Details

Listeners, you either die a normal film podcast, or live long enough to see your show completely devolve into a Christopher Nolan marathon.

Between Heath Ledger’s legendary turn as the Joker, Nolan’s transformation into an IMAX-first director, and the coolest truck crash in cinema history, there’s so much to explore in this sprawling behemoth of a picture. We went for nearly four hours on this one, and could easily do another four. THE DARK KNIGHT is (still!) just that good!!

Next week, our Nolan era comes to a climactic finish with THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012). Join the conversation on our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

• Special Features
• The Prologue
• New Batsuit
• Joker Theme
• Hong Kong Jump
• Challenges of the Chase in IMAX
• SWAT Van Into River
• Destruction of Batmobile
• Bat-pod
• Helicopter Crash
• Lamborghini Crash
• Hospital Explosion
• Collider Nathan Crowley Interview
• StarLog Production History
• CineFex 2008 No. 115 Production History
• Jonathan Nolan Wants to Take the Batman Franchise For a Ride
• Empire The Making of the Joker
• Happy Sad Confused Jonathan Nolan Interview
• The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy by Janine Pourroy and Jody Jesser Duncan
• Variety Nolan Interview
• IGN Nolan Interview Part 1
• IGN Nolan Interview Part 2
• LA Times Nolan Interview
• Empire Jonathan Nolan Interview
• The New York Times Nolan Interview
• The New York Times Heath Ledger Interview
• Empire Cinematography Breakdown
• Collider Jonathan Nolan & David Goyer Interview
• The ‘Curse