Christopher Nolan

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In the ten years since he’s been making feature films, writer-director Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins) has been making films in which the protagonists' emotional chaos has been mirrored in the physical world around them. His second Batman film, The Dark Knight, is the pinnacle of that--if chaos can be said to have a pinnacle.

Christopher reveals about his love of film noir, his depiction of The Joker as an anarchist with a punk sensibility, the use of modern architecture to convey the Bruce Wayne's loneliness, and how it was to work with a stellar cast of actors -- Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Guests:

• Christopher Nolan: writer, director producer

Host

Elvis Mitchell

Elvis Mitchell is a film critic and host of The Treatment, where he speaks with an amazing array of film and television industry writers, directors and actors.  With a straightforward style that belies his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights, issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on The Treatment are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.

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Gemma Dempsey

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Music

The theme track is Chocolate Elvis by Tosca.
(compilation CD  'Abstract Vibes'  on Quango Records, Cat# 162-448 015-2)