Batman Begins
Films that shaped it
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Heat Atlas note
Christopher Nolan made his entire team watch Michael Mann's Heat before production began. Not for the action, for the philosophy. Mann's criminals are professionals first, men second; Nolan wanted Bruce Wayne's adversaries to carry the same cold discipline. The interrogation scene between Pacino and De Niro is the template for every Batman/Ra's al Ghul exchange: two men who understand each other completely, across an uncrossable line. Nolan cited this in the 2005 Batman Begins production notes. Heat is on MUBI.
Films it shaped
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coowriter Paul Haggus pointed out the biggest one when he said, "We're trying to do for Bond what Batman Begins did for Batman."
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Blake really but his character Arc is basically a shallow ret trading of Bruce's story in the first 10 minutes or so of Batman Begins
