2.39 - BATMAN FOREVER (1995) & Addiction

The next in the franchise — and the first Joel Schumacher film — is the 1995 commercial hit BATMAN FOREVER. Rob and Sam have…differing views of the film, but then we dive into comic-book adaptations, colour symbolism, and casting decisions.

This Week’s Media
FANBOYS (2009): Kyle Newman, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011): David Fincher, Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara

Recommendations
TOMBSTONE (1993): George P. Cosmatos, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer
FALLING DOWN (1993): Joel Schumacher, Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007): the Coen brothers, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
WEST SIDE STORY (1961): Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, Natalie Wood

Footnotes Not much further reading this week, but here’s that article about the various choices made in the process of getting the film produced. This looks like a version that one of us would have much preferred. Rob mentions Watchmen; to remove any doubt, he meant the comic, the first in the series of which is one of the greatest books ever written, rather than the distinctly lacklustre film version. And finally, this is a good article (and video) on the symbolic uses of color in film.