I am a nerd.
There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
I tend to be more subtle in my nerd-dom then others, but it is there. Always lingering.
I usually nerd out over British things. You know, the usual suspects: Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Luther, Pride and Prejudice (the '95 version of course), French and Saunders, Fry and Laurie..not Harry Potter, sorry....but my latest nerd out is over something very American. This is, of course, the latest and last installment of Nolan's Batman films. There was something about this last one that made the nerd in me blossom like my inner nerd hasn't in quite a while. This led me to scour various Tumblr pages for information regarding the film, which in turn revealed to me the greatest insight of them all. As with all things American, they are usually inspired by something fantastically British. The Dark Knight Rises is no exception! One blogger claimed that there were numerous references to A Tale of Two Cites and, being the ardent anglophile I am, I delved right into the book to see for myself. I read the book in a record 18 days (yes, I am a meticulous reader) and now report to you my findings:
Exhibit 1:
Exhibit II:
There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
I tend to be more subtle in my nerd-dom then others, but it is there. Always lingering.
I usually nerd out over British things. You know, the usual suspects: Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Luther, Pride and Prejudice (the '95 version of course), French and Saunders, Fry and Laurie..not Harry Potter, sorry....but my latest nerd out is over something very American. This is, of course, the latest and last installment of Nolan's Batman films. There was something about this last one that made the nerd in me blossom like my inner nerd hasn't in quite a while. This led me to scour various Tumblr pages for information regarding the film, which in turn revealed to me the greatest insight of them all. As with all things American, they are usually inspired by something fantastically British. The Dark Knight Rises is no exception! One blogger claimed that there were numerous references to A Tale of Two Cites and, being the ardent anglophile I am, I delved right into the book to see for myself. I read the book in a record 18 days (yes, I am a meticulous reader) and now report to you my findings:
Exhibit 1:
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| Barsad. Yes there's a character named Barsad in TKDR and if you don't know which one he is... |
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| this is he. |
Exhibit II:
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| Have we started the fire? Yes brother, the fire rises! Need I say more? |
Exhibit III:
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| There are so many things mirrored in this film: the storming of the Bastille, the storming of Black Gate Prison for one |
Exhibit IV:
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| The felons were trying the honest men... |
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| Scarecrow anyone? |
Exhibit V:
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| A great storm coming |
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| I think this line is famous enough right now that I don't need to explain it |
Exhibit VI:
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| Mme Defarge infamously knits through the entire book. I scoured the internet to find a pic of Bane and his rope knotting during the sentencing scene, to no avail. And let me just add this, if I was an actress and was told that I could plan any role of my desiring, it would be a toss up between Lady Macbeth and Mme Defarge. |
Exhibit VII:
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| Eulogy of course, the most obvious connexion. I decided not to post pics
of all the lines in the eulogy, but they were all taken from the last few
paragraphs of the book.
Case closed.
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