21st
July
2008
On The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight: A Review
By John David Ebert
Nowadays, after the events of 9/11, the Oklahoma city bombing, the Unabomber and even the AUM Shunryuku nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways in the mid 1990s, we take our villains seriously, because we are well aware that there are a number of disquieted souls out there who wish to destroy Western capitalist society. The creators of the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight, likewise, take their villains very seriously, and seem also to be aware that animosity toward our megalopolises and the consumer mentality which they support is alive and well. Read the rest of this entry »
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