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Gotham City, the original backdrop of Batman, is conceived as Chicago in Nolan's Dark Knight. With the use of onsite locations, such as Hong Kong and Chicago, the audience is drawn into the narrative as reality. The corrupt, violent, and brutal setting with the big city atmosphere of pessimism and melancholy is relevant to today and in classic film noir. The lavish and decadent environment of John Wayne, such as his penthouse enables the severe contrast of the Joker's torture room. Modern clean lines represents good, which inverts the notion of cleanliness as an indicator for inhumanity A urban center, John Wayne's underground Bat cave, the tower under construction, and the abandoned warehouse where Harvey Dent dies, are typical classic film noir settings. |
