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    Christopher Nolan: Batman Begins

    After using film noir to tell the intimate stories in Memento and Insomnia, Christopher Nolan applies noir and intimacy to a film with a much bigger set of expectations.

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    By Elvis Mitchell • Jun 15, 2005 • 30m Listen

    After using

    film noir to tell the intimate stories in

    Memento and

    Insomnia, director

    Christopher Nolan is applying the ideals of

    noir and intimacy to a film with a much bigger set of expectations,

    Batman Begins

    .

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      Elvis Mitchell

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