The fire rises, brother! This week we conclude our Nolan run with the biggest and most divisive entry in his Batman saga.

Also discussed this week: the origins of Tom Hardy’s infamous Bane voice, whether or not Joseph Gordon Levitt’s character should have just been named Dick Grayson, and…why the hell is Bruce so fucking cruel to Alfred?

Next week it’s bonus time, baby! Alejandro González Iñárritu may not have made a Batman movie per se…but there’s no way we could skip BIRDMAN for this series. Join the conversation on our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

• Special Features
• Batman vs. Bane
• The War on Wall Street
• Race to the Reactor
• Gotham’s Reckoning
• The Nolan Variations by Tom Shone
• The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy by Janine Pourroy and Jody Jesser Duncan
• CineFex 2012 No. 131 Production History
• British Cinematographer Production History
• Happy Sad Confused Jonathan Nolan Interview
• Happy Sad Confused David Goyer Interview
• Empire Cinematography Breakdown
• Nolan Screens Prologue For Directors
• Marion Cotillard “Screws Up” Her Death
• Bale Denies More Batman
• Aurora Tragedy
• Fans Leave Death Threats
• Bale Meets With Trump
• James Newton Howard Doesn’t Return
• Trump Reviews The Dark Knight Rises

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

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The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

This miniseries was programmed with the help of Nik Long.

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