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A great article about how they shot key scenes of the movie with the IMAX camera & film, and the lack of CGI FX throughout the film.

Dark Knight Director Shuns Digital Effects For the Real Thing
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/h...7/ff_darknight

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yeah though it was fun when she slapped him twice.

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Thanks for the general overview, grady. Looking forward to the film!

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117563/

Batman: Gotham Knight comes out tomorrow. It looks amazing, and it takes place within this movie's universe. Can't wait to watch it myself.

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I got my allowance today!

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I wanted to see this opening weekend in IMAX, but tix are basically sold out for every showing in every IMAX theater, unless you want to sit in the very front on one of the far sides. This sucks. I wish someone had told me they'd go on sale three weeks in advance.:(

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For what it's worth about not being able to see it IMAX due to the sell outs so far in advance, this popped up in a paragraph over at Anne Thompson's blog on Variety:

Finally, I would have preferred to see The Dark Knight in 35 mm, not IMAX. (I will go see it again when it opens July 18.) While the sequences that were shot with giant cameras were stunning at the IMAX venue--especially the deep detailed helicopter shots over Gotham and the amazing car/truck chase filmed in Chicago's freeway tunnels--I found the movie overwhelming.

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When I saw the film it was also in standard 35mm and it was just as engrossing, that said, IMAX would've been great, but 35mm was suffice.

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Sitting on the sides is not nearly as bad as it seems, depending on how close you are. Just lean to one side and enjoy. I saw Iron Man from the side and middle (side first), and I was able to get hold of more visual effects the first time around.

Is 35mm focal length? Never shot a movie and never had a camera.

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They were filming this movie for forever in Chicago last year. They tried to keep it under wraps, but EVERYONE knew it was the Batman movie. They even made up a fake name calling it "Rory's First Kiss" but it was so friggin obvious when you'd walk down the street and see all the cop cars labeled 'Gotham City Police Department'.

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The width of the film stock. 35 mm is what most films are shot on and displayed at in movie theaters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35_mm_film

IMAX is shot on 70 mm film, so it has significantly more resolution that normal film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX#Technical_aspects