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Batman Begins (2005)

Film

DirectorChristopher Nolan

Meta takes6

Figures

Objects & symbols

The main two-note musical motif for Batman

Form & technique

Bruce Wayne's training montage with the League of Shadows
The film's gritty, realistic aesthetic

Tropes

Batman's extra-legal vigilantism → The State of Exception
Bruce Wayne's decision to become a bat → The Repetition Compulsion
The Narrows district of Gotham
Lucius Fox's Applied Sciences division → The Corporate Self
Scarecrow's fear toxin
Henri Ducard's mentorship of Bruce Wayne → The Identity Trap
The Batsuit → Performative Masculinity
Batman's refusal to execute the farmer
The Wayne Enterprises Microwave Emitter → Necropolitics

Films most connected to Batman Begins

Sicario (2015) — via The State of Exception, Necropolitics
Requiem for a Dream (2000) — via The Identity Trap
The Hunt for Red October (?) — via The Identity Trap
The Hangover (2009) — via The Identity Trap
Cold Fish (2010) — via The Identity Trap
Still Life (2013) — via The Corporate Self
Iron Man (2008) — via The Corporate Self
Inside Out (2015) — via The Corporate Self