10 Iconic Movie Moments The Director Didn't Understand
1. Christopher Nolan Didn't Understand The Dark Knight's Most Famous Line
Christopher Nolan is rightfully hailed as the vision behind the genre-defining Dark Knight trilogy, and the amount of work the British filmmaker put into reviving Batman's cinematic position cannot be understated. That said, he is not the sole reason behind the successful trio of movies, and one of the most legendary lines from The Dark Knight is proof of this.
In a Deadline article reflecting on the director's career (as well as that of frequent collaborator Cillian Murphy), Nolan revealed that Harvey Dent's famous line on the fickle nature of heroism and villainy, written by his brother Jonathan, initially did not make sense to him.
Despite this, he chose to keep the line and only after the movie's success and in particular the line's impact on audiences did he finally understand its significance. While he lightly lamented not writing it, he readily acknowledged its weight in addition to finally understanding it.
This was fortunate, as few lines in most movies let alone comic book-inspired ones capture their films' thematic content as succinctly as Dent's tragic one-liner.