Warner Brothers is patting itself with a fine layer of rouge and some sassy black eye shadow as it prepares to shamelessly milk The Dark Knight Saga for even more cash with the release of The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition. Not to be confused with The Dark Knight Trilogy: The Partially Enthused Collector’s Edition Which Is Just That One Part of My Shelf I Reserve For Nolan’s Batman Flicks, which any TRUE fanboy would be ashamed to own.

Of course, take my cynical words with a bit of salt, as even I’m not immune from this gorgeous assembly of Blu-Ray quality films and behind the scene footage. Featuring Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises in their best form, this Collector’s Edition is actually worth the $80 price tag.

Well, in order to properly woo you fine cinephiles, the WB has released this candid interview with director and producer Christopher Nolan, who speaks about the level of reality in his films.

It’s not necessarily about a direct reality, because I think the films are extremely heightened and extremely operatic, but it’s about, what I suppose, cinematic reality. It’s about giving the world in the films and the characters as much validity and as much weight as you would if your source material were not a comic book. If he was a character in another genre of film that you had to introduce to the audience for the first time and get them to believe. That’s really what my use of the word reality is about. It’s not about a literal reality. Part of the appeal of Gotham is that it is not real life, it is removed from real life, so you can address dramatic elements that would be uncomfortable in a realistic way that allows the audience to enjoy the entertainment but hopefully gives them a little something to think about, to get under their skin in some ways.

While I agree with Nolan’s assertion that the added weight and gravitas to Batman’s never ending battle against inner city crime created a credible reality, I’d argue that particular tactic isn’t necessary. Sure, I prefer that to Marvel’s “let’s use a few handfulls of humor to make this go down easier” schtick, which cheapens the quality of their silver screen superheroes, but still… perhaps The Dark Knight Saga relied on that weight a bit too much.

SOURCE: USA