It’s widely known how Christopher Nolan used Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) as inspiration for The Dark Knight (2008) in terms of the look and feel, themes and so on.
This side-by-side comparison of the two shows exactly where that influence ended up. There are also some shots from Mann’s other films Collateral (2004) and LA Takedown (1989) – of which Heat was a remake.
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I fully accept that the above movie relates to the DC universe, but have a look at the following movie about Marvel’s reusing of musical score
http://www.avclub.com/article/why-marvel-movies-have-such-bland-forgettable-musi-242487
we already had the discussion about that article about a month ago (on one of Doug’s review articles if memory serves)
Video essays like this can be great.
This one isn’t. It’s far too much of a reach. The bank scene and the truck – maybe. 2 people shot on long lens mid shots? Michael Mann or Nolan certainly doesn’t have the market cornered on that.
You’re saying it’s a coincidence? It’s not. Nolan has said many times how he based his film on that one.