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Batman '89, Destroyer And The New Aesthetic Of Gotham City
Batman '89, Destroyer And The New Aesthetic Of Gotham City
Batman '89, Destroyer And The New Aesthetic Of Gotham City
I'm not a big fan of Tim Burton's 1989 Batman movie, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week, but there's definitely one thing that I think it did right. Burton's Gotham City, redesigned for the screen by Anton Furst, is absolutely beautiful. The Academy Award-winning production art direction is stylish, terrifying, visually engaging and arresting on a level that the rest of the movie has a hard time living up to, creating a world that looks like Batman could exist there. It's also one of the movie's lasting influences on the world of the comics. Ever since Furst and Burton unveiled their version as a backdrop for the Joker blasting Prince from a boombox while trashing an art museum and Batman blowing up a chemical plant with his remote-control car, Gotham has adhered to their vision of the city, transforming from the bustling stand-in for New York that it was before and becoming its own unmistakable entity. And in true comic book fashion, the comics accomplished this by blowing everything up and starting over.
Link Ink: This Week’s ‘Fresh Ink! Online,’ Aquaman Vs. Plastic and ‘Johnny Zombie’ Lives
Link Ink: This Week’s ‘Fresh Ink! Online,’ Aquaman Vs. Plastic and ‘Johnny Zombie’ Lives
Link Ink: This Week’s ‘Fresh Ink! Online,’ Aquaman Vs. Plastic and ‘Johnny Zombie’ Lives
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