Filming The Dark Knight in IMAX
![The Dark Knight Rises is one of the few that Christopher Nolan has filmed for IMAX. “We didn’t shoot IMAX for Inception because we were trying to portray the reality of dreams rather than their extraordinary nature, so we used a handheld camera and shot it in a more spontaneous way,” Nolan said. “Whereas the […]](http://darkknight.tribute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dkrises-300x225.jpg "Filming The Dark Knight in IMAX - The Dark Knight")
The Dark Knight Rises is one of the few that Christopher Nolan has filmed for IMAX. “We didn’t shoot IMAX for Inception because we were trying to portray the reality of dreams rather than their extraordinary nature, so we used a handheld camera and shot it in a more spontaneous way,” Nolan said. “Whereas the operatic quality of The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises felt very well suited to IMAX’s larger canvas.” However, the new caped crusader film will not be in 3D. “Warner Bros. would have been very happy, but I said to the guys there that I wanted it to be stylistically consistent with the first two films and we were really going to push the IMAX thing to create a very high-quality image. I find stereoscopic imaging too small scale and intimate in its effect. 3D is a misnomer. Films are 3D,” Nolan argued. “The whole point of photography is that it’s three-dimensional. The thing with stereoscopic imaging is it gives each audience member an individual perspective. It’s well suited to video games and other immersive technologies, but if you’re looking for an audience experience, stereoscopic is hard to embrace.”
