There is something truly remarkable about film, and the beauty it pocesses. I speak not of a general film title, but the good old fashion, celluloid film. As the industry is continuing to develop, the fight for film is becoming more and more crucial. Perhaps the most beautiful and resonating images seen in the theatre are that belonging to film, the Dark Knight Trilogy not only showcased that, but defined it, and none the less has given film a nod it deserves in such a trying time where people need to be reminded of where film began, and the reason to which it has remained to this day the best image possible on screen.
As a student of Cinematography and film, in an industry threatening to change from film, I am an advocate for film and will forever be until the day the digital world can truly capture the resolution and high quality images that is the film we know and love now. We go to the cinema for an experience, to be brought into a world and a story away from ours. IMAX or 70mm Film is the best the world has ever seen and just look at the difference it made in the beautiful shots of The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, it takes a passionate and dedicated team to shoot in this format, for many reasons, but I cannot imagine a Dark Knight without those big, crystal clear beautiful images.
The Dark Knight trilogy follows the story of the hero not that Gotham needs, but that it deserves. Perhaps a bigger picture in the completion of the trilogy is, The Dark Knight trilogy was not the specific film the world needed, but the one it deserved; the one that could help change the fate of the slowly dying world of film, to shed light again on the true beauty in what has begun to fade.
Watching these films, is to sincerely view a slice of history, a treasure never forgotten, to look at as reminder of what film is, has, and will do for the future generations of filmmakers; The Dark Knight of time.
