What five movies most influenced “The Dark Knight Rises” Director Christopher Nolan?
He went the cinematic equivalent of basic black, picking these five classics and telling Yahoo! Movies why:
“Metropolis” : “In an era when films had to communicate purely with the visual, the relationship between the themes of the story and the architecture of the setting is clear and expressive.
“The Battle of Algiers”: “No film has ever captured the chaos and fear of an uprising as vividly as this film.”
"Prince of the City" : “Nobody was better at capturing the unsettling qualities of corruption and its consequence as Sidney Lumet. Not as well- known as known as “Serpico,” but Treat Williams is a revelation.”
“Doctor Zhivago”: “The very definition of historical epic, in which the tangled emotions of its characters are set in stark relief against the grandest of revolutionary backgrounds.”
“Blade Runner”: “Simply the most memorable evocation of all that is spectacular and oppressive about the city.”