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Ve své recenzi Nolanova Batman začíná (Batman Begins, 2005) jsem napsal, že film dosahuje dramatického konfliktu navýšením sázek až do krajnosti: zničení moderního světa (ztělesněného Gotham City) tradicionalistickou Ligou stínů vs. jeho zachování a „progresivní“ vylepšení, o něž usiluje Batman.

The Dark Knight

Trevor Lynch

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Dans ma critique du Batman Begins de Christopher Nolan, j’ai affirmé que le film génère un conflit spectaculaire autour des enjeux les plus élevés qui soient : la destruction du monde moderne (symbolisé par Gotham City) par la “Ligue des Ombres” Traditionaliste contre sa préservation et son amélioration “progressive” par Batman.

Sympathy for the Joker?

Andy Nowicki

“Please allow me to introduce myself . . .” Heath Ledger as the Joker

1,416 words

Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has proven to be a death-stalked series. Heath Ledger died under mysterious circumstances mere months before the release of The Dark Knight in 2008, Read more …

Published: July 24, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Andy Nowicki, articles, Christopher Nolan, North American New Right, originals, The Dark Knight Rises, the Joker | 13 Responses

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman Movies:
Weaponizing Traditionalism, Transvaluing Values

Trevor Lynch

Christopher Nolan

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Editor’s Note:

Unless you’re living in Tora Bora, you probably know that Christopher Nolan’s third Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, is coming out this week. Read more …

Published: July 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged artistocracy, Batman, Batman Begins, Batman movie review, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cyclical history, Dark Knight Trilogy, death, egalitarianism, ethics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Guillermo del Toro, Heath Ledger, Hellboy, Hellboy II, humanism, Julius Evola, Martin Heidegger, Miguel Serrano, modernity, morality, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, Rene Guénon, Savitri Devi, superheroes, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Rises review, the Joker, the League of Shadows, Traditionalism, Trevor Lynch | 22 Responses

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Batman & the Joker

Jonathan Bowden

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The Brave and the Bold
A Team-up comic featuring Batman and the Joker
D.C. Comics, #111, March 1974

This comic was published in 1974 by DC comics or National Periodical Publications. It retailed for twenty cents, and I bought it in the United Kingdom for eight new pence. The author was the veteran scripter Bob Haney, and it was drawn by Jim Aparo. None of the other contributors—the inker, colorist, letterer, or editor—is recorded. Read more …

Published: November 14, 2010 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Batman, book reviews, graphic novels and comics, Jonathan Bowden, North American New Right, originals, superheroes, the Joker | 4 Responses

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The Dark Knight

Trevor Lynch

3,650 words

Translations: Czech, French

In my review of Christoper Nolan’s Batman Begins, I argued that the movie generates a dramatic conflict around the highest of stakes: the destruction of the modern world (epitomized by Gotham City) by the Traditionalist “League of Shadows” versus its preservation and “progressive” improvement by Batman.