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Christopher Nolan's 'Knight' vision

The director takes Batman to a dark place in a $180-million saga he's dedicating to the late Heath Ledger, who portrays the Joker to Christian Bale's Caped Crusader.

July 7, 2008 By Geoff Boucher Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

The British filmmaker Christopher Nolan has the mien of a passionate literature professor (passionate, that is, in the British sense of the term) and, last December, he spoke about the young actor Heath Ledger as if he were the most fascinating manuscript to cross his desk in years. "The bold decisions that Heath has made with this performance are fascinating to watch," said Nolan, who had one hand...

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