![]() Gotham is in the midst of a wave of crime and murder orchestrated by The Joker ( Jack Nicholson), and civilization is defended only by Batman ( Michael Keaton). The streets of Gotham City are lined with bizarre skyscrapers that climb cancerously toward the sky, held up (or apart) by sky bridges and stresswork that look like webs against the night sky.Īt street level, gray and anonymous people scurry fearfully through the shadows, and the city cancels its 200th anniversary celebration because the streets are not safe enough to hold it. #BATMAN 1989 MOVIE#The movie is set at the present moment, more or less, but looks as if little has happened in architecture or city planning since the classic DC comic books created that architectural style you could call Comic Book Moderne. #BATMAN 1989 TV#So I was wondering if anyone felt like those moments were intended or just a reflection of what was not possible at that time.“Batman” discards the recent cultural history of the Batman character - the camp 1960s TV series, the in-joke comic books - and returns to the mood of the 1940s, the decade of film noir and fascism. Usually Burton is pretty intentional with every visual. I'm not sure if that was just limitations of it's day or if he was purposely trying to be expressive by making it look disoriented. In Batman '89 when Batman and Vale fall from the cathedral, they're abrupt stop is out of sync with the moving background too. I have no idea what the thinking was there. I noticed that in Batman Returns with Catwoman in one scene where the background is moving up and down while she remains still. Where I get a bit lost as to his intent with the matte shots is when the background gets out of sync with the foreground action. I think that's also why he likes introducing fog or steam to his scenes because it enhances the foreground and provides greater depth through that separation. What is better referred to as Rembrandt lighting in still photography is how he captures specific characteristics while providing depth of field in shadow. And I think the reason for that is he sets ups his shots like he's going to photograph them. So many of his films look like story books come to life. I think Batman '89 is a great example of Burton's artistic flair at work. But the consistency in lighting makes the fusion more or less seamless. #BATMAN 1989 FULL#The full scale elements in the foreground have been photographed at 24 frames per second, while the miniature elements in the background have been shot at 120 fps. ![]() Here we have a composite shot comprised of both full scale and miniature elements. The stark chiaroscuro lighting in Burton’s second Batman film is typical of German Expressionist cinematography, while the lighting in the 1989 movie is more typical of film noir.Īn image we see a number of times throughout the film is the exterior of Axis Chemicals. The contrast between light and dark also isn’t as distinct as in Batman Returns. Consequently the picture quality is not quite as good as in Burton’s second film and is noticeably grainer. Christopher Nolan was the first filmmaker to photograph a Batman movie using anamorphic lenses.ĭP Roger Pratt shot the film on Eastman 400T 5295 film stock, which has a higher degree of granularity and less exposure latitude than the EXR 100T 5248 used by Stefan Czapsky on Batman Returns. Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies were also shot with spherical lenses. ![]()
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