Title Hunting the Dark Knight : twenty-first century Batman / Will Brooker.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PN1995.9.B34 B76 2012	Available	---

Description	xv, 256 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250) and index.
Summary	Explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations. This title features analysis of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" that offers an account of the complex relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media convergence.
Contents	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.
Subject	Batman (Fictitious character)
	Batman (Fictitious character)
	Batman films.
	Batman films.
Genre/Form	Film serials.
	Film serials.
Subject	Batman (Comic strip)
	Batman (Comic strip)
	Batman (Fictitious character) -- In mass media.
	Batman films -- History and criticism.
ISBN	9781848852808 paperback
	1848852800 paperback
	9781848852792
	1848852797