بتمن آغاز می‌کند

by Christopher Nolan, امیرعطا جولایی (Translator)

Batman Begins, directed by the award-winning Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia), unveils the untold origins of the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham City. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham City and unveils his alter ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect, and an array of high-tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.

As Bruce Wayne/Batman, Christian Bale heads an all-star cast that also includes Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer and Morgan Freeman. Visionary director Christopher Nolan has delivered the Batman we've been waiting for - a dark legend brought to life in a way never before imagined on the big screen.

This volume contains the complete screenplay of Batman Begins by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, together with storyboards for the picture drawn by Martin Asbury and James Cornish, and an exclusive interview with Christopher Nolan in which he reveals his cinematic vision of The Dark Knight.

Genres: Media Tie In, Batman, Plays, Film, Comics, Reference, Graphic Novels

172 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 2005

About the author

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Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (born July 30, 1970) is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for writing and directing such critically acclaimed films as Memento (2000), the remake Insomnia (2002), the film adaptation The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), and rebooting the Batman film franchise. The latter made him the second most commercially successful British director in recent years, behind David Yates. Nolan is the founder of the production company Syncopy Films.

He often collaborates with his wife, producer Emma Thomas, and his brother, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, as well as cinematographer Wally Pfister, film editor Lee Smith, composers David Julyan and Hans Zimmer, special effects coordinator Chris Corbould, and actors Christian Bale and Michael Caine.

Nolan often casts the same actors in different films. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Russ Fega, Cillian Murphy and Larry Holden are among his more frequent acting collaborators.

Nolan's wife Emma Thomas has produced most of his films, with the exception of Memento and Insomnia. Lee Smith has been Nolan's editor since Batman Begins, with Dody Dorn editing Memento and Insomnia. Wally Pfister has served as cinematographer for all of Nolan's films starting with Memento. David Julyan composed music for Following, Memento, Insomnia, and The Prestige, while Hans Zimmer provided music for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and Inception.

Reviews

[KamRun · Rating 1 out of 5]

#فیلم‌نامه‌اش_را_خوانده‌ام

در جامعه‌ای کاملا طبقاتی که در آن ناراحتی‌های روانی، سرخوردگی‌ها و عقده‌های خودکم‌بینی رواج دارد، در یک جامعه صنعتی که هر انسان به شماره‌ای در یک سازمان تبدیل می‌شود و سازمان به جای او تصمیم می‌گیرد، در جامعه‌ای که نیروی فردی اگر در فعالیت ورزشی مصرف نشود، در برابر قدرت ماشین (که هر چند برای بشر کار می‌کند، ولی) تا جایی پیش می‌رود که سرانجام کنش او را تعیین می‌کند، در چنین جامعه‌ای قهرمان محبوب باید مظهر نیرویی فوق تصور باشد؛ مظهر نیرویِ خیالیِ شهروندی عادی که قادر به برآوردن خواسته‌های خود نیست. برداشت آزاد از اسطوره سوپرمن

اول
برای امتیاز دادن، فیلم (و فیلمنامه) را با جایگاه فعلی‌اش مقایسه کردم. فیلم زرق و برق خوبی دارد، جلوه‌های ویژه و تکنیک‌های فوق‌العاده، بودجه بالا و نهایتا استقبال خوب بینندگان و منتقدان. ولی آیا این‌ها به تنهایی سبب می‌شود نزد من فیلم خوبی باشد؟ و آیا فیلمنامه که اینجا مدنظر من است، بدون فیلم و به عنوان یک اثر متنی مستحق چنین میانگین امتیاز بالایی است؟ بنظر من و برای من مطلقا خیر. در سرگرم‌کننده و هیجان‌انگیز بودنش بحثی نیست، اما تنها همین. البته که دیدن چنین آثاری بد هم نیست، همانطور که در ادبیات آثار صرفا سرگرم‌کننده داریم که خواندنشان مذموم نیست

دوم
ایده فیلمنامه خیلی کلیشه‌ای بود. یک قهرمان خوش‌تیپ و چهره، دست و دلباز و عدالت‌طلب که گذشته تراژیکی را پشت سر گذاشته و حالا خواهان مبارزه با بی‌عدالتی‌ست و در این راستا یک زندگی دوگانه را می‌گذراند. یک نقش مکمل زن همراه المان‌های جنسی برجسته و ماجرای عشقی (ترجیحا بازیگری جذاب) هم به آن اضافه کنید. تقریبا تمام ابرقهرمان‌هایی که می‌شناسم در این ویژگی‌ها اشتراک داشته‌اند: زورو، سوپرمن و مرد عنکبوتی. برای من این اندازه اشتراک زننده بود، چرا؟ چون با یک اسطوره تیپیک و قابل پیش‌بینی روبرو بودم که حتی از جنبه اخلاقی هم در چهارچوب عرف قرار می‌گیرد و در ذهن من مسئله‌ساز و محرک تفکر نیست

سوم
داستان چنین القا می‌کند که هنگامی که جامعه دستخوش فساد است و از توده مردم، چون خود درگیر، عامل و ابزاری در خدمت فساد هستند کاری ساخته نیست؛ بنابراین طبق معمول به یک قهرمان با ویژگی‌های فراتر از معمول نیاز داریم تا بیاید و نجاتمان بدهد( گودو فقط باید خدا تاویل شود تا به انتظار برای آن بخندیم و نقدش کنیم؟). از این رو، این الگو در ذهن مخاطبی که بارها و بارها با یک سناریوی تکراری در قالب‌های گوناگون مواجه شده شکل می‌گیرد که "تا قهرمان نباشم از منِ نوعی کاری ساخته نیست". این الگو را بگذارید در مقابل تفکری که در آن قهرمان شدن منحصر به یک نفر نیست، بلکه هرکس قهرمانی بالقوه‌ست و قهرمان شدن نه معلول ویژگی‌ها و توانایی‌های خار‌ق‌العاده، بلکه معلول اعمالی کاملا انسانی‌ست

چهارم
بتمن فقط علیه تعدادی خلاف‌کار آن‌هم فقط در شهر خود قیام می‌کند. مگر خلاف‌کارها فقط در گاتهام هستند و به اشخاص محدود می‌شوند؟ سازمان و ساختارها نمی‌توانند فاسد و فسادپرور باشند؟ در داستان با شخصیت‌های فاسد روبرو هستیم: قاضی، پزشک، پلیس. ولی مبارزه با فساد به همین اشخاص محدود می‌شود و با نابودی آن‌ها اوضاع تا حد زیادی سامان می‌پذیرد. بنظر من اگر این یک فریب نباشد، حداقل کوته‌نظری است. ایده مبارزه با فسادِ سوپرقهرمان‌های هالیوودی، جهانی نیستند. این‌ها سیاست‌زدایی شده‌اند و انگیزه هرگونه کنش با نظر به سیاست و سطح کلان را از مخاطب می‌گیرند. بتمن هرگز یک شخصیت طغیان‌گر علیه ساختارهای فاسد نیست و خطری برای دولت‌ها و مراجع قدرت محسوب نمی‌شود (در ابتدای فیلم بتمن از هرگونه قضاوت یا کنش در مقابل مجرم متهم به قتل خودداری کرده و می‌پرسد: "او در دادگاه محاکمه شده؟" بتمن هرگز اقتدار دولتی را زیرپا نمی‌گذارد. او پلیس‌های فاسد را نمی‌کشد و در نهایت تیری به انگشت شستشان شلیک کند!). به قول اکو، بتمن "نمونه کامل نوعی آگاهی شهروندی است که کاملا از آگاهی سیاسی مجزا شده باشد"

پنجم
دو شیوه مواجهه با شر که در داستان مطرح می‌شود شبیه دو روایت کتاب‌مقدس از مواجهه با شر است: ماجرای لوط و یونس. در داستان لوط، یهوه می‌خواهد سدوم و عموره (َهر لوط) را به سبب شرارت مردمانش به کلی نابود کند، اما ابراهیم با این استدلال که افراد نیکویی در آن وجود دارند، یهوه را موقتا از تصمیمش باز می‌دارد. در ماجرای یونس نیز، یونس خواهان نابودی و مجازات تمام مردم است، اما یهوه می‌خواهد فرصت دیگری به قوم او بدهد

[Rao Javed · Rating 5 out of 5]

People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.

I always have to control my emotions before I am about to write a review of Christopher Nolan written script, but when I start to thinking about Batman I feel we are talking something more than just a simple comic hero. I feel we are going to talk about the hope that we experience on the most negative time of life.



Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick or selves up

The story starts with the fall of the hero and then we gradually see him rising from the darkest pit of his own fear.

People from your world have so *much* to lose. Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life, but you don't. You've never tasted desperate. You're, uh, you're Bruce Wayne, the Prince of Gotham; you'd have to go a thousand miles to meet someone who didn't know your name. So, don't-don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself. This is a world you'll never understand. And you always fear what you don't understand. Alright

What I real like about Nolan is that he does not give us a simple story about a certain person but he give us a whole new idea and theme to examine to apply in our life. In this movie we explore the realm of: Fear.

To conquer fear, you must become fear. You must. ... You must bask in the fear of other men. And men ... A wraith. You have to become an idea!

The idea that protagonist becomes is BATMAN



From there the story advances an shows that if one man dares to dream higher...he become something more than just a man.

A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed, or locked up. But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can't stop you, then you become something else entirely.

Which is?

Legend

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jim Gordon: I never thanked you.

Batman: And you'll never have to.

After the fiasco "Batman and Robin", the public largely gave up on Batman. He had become campy and overexposed.

Being a lifelong Batman Fanboy (since seeing Burton's 1989 in the theater) I knew I was going to see this.

I remember seeing this in a completely empty theater on opening weekend in 2005. My mind was utterly blown. A grounded Batman film and a character study into the psyche of a man so stricken with grief that he puts on a mask to fight injustice. People these days often forget that this film didn't do well in the theater. It gained steam on DVD when people like me would force their friends to watch it.

While reading this, I often wondered what the studio execs and actors must have felt reading this for the first time. I can only imagine how excited they would be to be a part of such an excellent take on the character. It's also the first time we get Batman's origin story on screen.

If you are looking to get into reading screenplays this is an excellent place to start. It is written clearly and the pacing is excellent.

[S D]

In the Goyer version, Ra’s does not give Wayne a criminal to kill, but instead tells of his plan to destroy Gotham. This is when Wayne fights back.
This small change, adding the criminal, doesn’t change the plot but changes the story, adding weight to Batman’s ‘no killing’ rule.
Strangely, though, a lot of scenes in the Goyer’s version fix what was wrong in the Nolan version. Bruce gives the homeless man his money before burning the wallet. Ra’s strangling Batman so he pulls the glider, sending Batman out of the train and Ra’s backwards where he is then dies. (instead of him going, I don’t have to kill you but I don’t have to save you)
Also Earle goes outside to speak to Wayne, instead of calling him on the phone. The version in the film is better, giving Fox the closing line “Didn’t you get the memo?” and ending the scene there

[Jacob Padilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read most of this in the days after watching The Batman, but forgot to finish until today. There’s so much good stuff here. Love the mythos that Nolan and Goyer bring to this version. BUT I really don’t like how publishers change the format of the script for publication! Stop doing that! I want to see how Nolan formats his scripts.

[Alyssa DeLeon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was strange reading a screenplay like this from a movie that I would rather be watching, but I really liked it!

[Sadaf · Rating 4 out of 5]

خیلی خوب ترجمه شده بود فقط کاش معنی لغاتی سینمایی داخل متن رو آخر کتاب ذکر میکرد.برای کسایی که اولین بار فیلمنامه خوندن رو تجربه میکردن.

[molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

christopher nolan is absolutely brilliant.

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book to read for any batman fans out there

[Cole Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the process of reading Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan's screenplay of the first installment to the infamous Batman trilogy, it is hard not to hear each of the movie stars iconic voices as you encounter each of them throughout the story. However, during this round of experiencing Nolan's film, you encounter new nuances that were perhaps not ever noticed before. One of these nuances is the ability to see imagery more clearly. This may sound ludacris because of the fact that many have only seen the blockbuster in movie form, but I am here to assure you that the vivid screen description that Nolan describes will have you seeing the work in a way that no movie could ever do.

It could be argued that Batman Begins is perhaps the most important movie of the entire trilogy in the sense that it sets up what is to come and gives the viewer insight into how this dark, heroic figure became the savior of Gotham. At the beginning we are introduced to a happy boy named Bruce Wayne who is the sole heir to his loving father's fortune. However, when his father and mother are struck down in front of him by a desperate thief, his entire world is thrown into chaos. As he becomes older he becomes more rebellious and eventually ends up abandoning Gotham. Nolan then introduces us to Bruce, later as a man in a run down prison but soon summoned out of there by Ras Al Ghul. Wayne is trained by this man and his "League of Shadows" to bring down the city of Gotham, but Wayne cannot bring down the city he was raised in and at one time loved so dearly. He returns home to find Rachael, his childhood sole mate, fighting a corrupt city almost entirely alone. He then decides to use his resources and becomes the Batman to assist her, only to learn that the "League of Shadows" are going to be relentless in trying to uproot his city. The resounding question is if Bruce can save his city from indefinite destruction in the end, or will his teacher, Ras Al Ghul, defeat him on his own turf and do what they have done to so many cities in the past.

Nolan's story provides more than insight to just a childhood superhero, it provides insight into each of our own lives. If you and I are to truly think about it, at some points, we all want to be something different than our true selves. We wish to sometimes go off the path that seems to be laid out for us and do something offbeat, but very few of us do because of our uncertain nature. When Bruce Wayne becomes Batman he is then able to do things and help people in ways that he thinks "Bruce Wayne" ever could. Perhaps by using Batman, he is living the life that all of us aspire to live.

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

This very good screen play was written for the film adaptation of the 2005 film. In this work the early life of Bruce Wayne is shown as background for the eventual emergence of "The Batman". I enjoyed this entertainment. 3*

[Allen Setzer · Rating 3 out of 5]

The adaptation of the movie wasn't very good but the added stories make this worth reading.

[Curt · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved the screen pay

[Wayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great re-imagining of the story of Batman from the very beginning!