An interesting new AP article [3] about “The Dark Knight” being based on Chicago rather than New York:
CHICAGO - Christian Bale’s Batman is perched atop a skyscraper, looking over a dark and foggy skyline pierced by glittering lights, preparing for a dive to the gritty streets below.
But when he alights, he won’t find the gargoyle-infested, bricks-and-mortar city that Washington Irving first coined “Gotham.” He won’t battle the Joker on wet cobblestones, or loom in the shadows of a dominant spire that evokes the Empire State building.
Heath Ledger isn’t the only scene-stealer in “The Dark Knight.” In the newest incarnation of the movie franchise, the mythical Gotham City — long assumed to be an allegorical Big Apple — is unmistakably based on Chicago.
Links:
[1] http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/users/hollywoodchicagocom
[2] http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/film/film-drama
[3] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25774413/
[4] http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/15937/real-steel-movie
[5] http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/1227/first-picture-of-hugh-jackman-as-wolverine