Batman makes an eerie appearance in “Dark Night,” a new drama that is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday night. The film was inspired by the 2012 Aurora, Colo., shooting that left 12 people dead at a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” and it follows a deranged, lonely man on the day he decides to carry out a similar attack on his local movie theater. In one scene, the gunman looks into the mirror, trying on different costumes, before he pulls on a Batman mask.
“I don’t think this is an obscure movie,” says the film’s director and writer Tim Sutton. “This is a layered movie. The Batman mask is a way to say we all know what this film is about and to stare it in the face.”
“Dark Night” was made in 16 days in Sarasota, Fla., using a cast of mostly non-professional actors. Although...
“I don’t think this is an obscure movie,” says the film’s director and writer Tim Sutton. “This is a layered movie. The Batman mask is a way to say we all know what this film is about and to stare it in the face.”
“Dark Night” was made in 16 days in Sarasota, Fla., using a cast of mostly non-professional actors. Although...
- 1/24/2016
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety - Film News
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