Cinematic influences and homages in the Batman movies - The SuperHeroHype Forum

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I recently rewatched Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, and
it seems to have influenced Batman Forever, mainly in a visual sense,
the use of colour. Notably, the scenes with Nygma in Arkham are very
similar to those with Renfield in the asylum. You would imagine
Schumacher absolutely loves Copplola's Dracula.

More obvious is the 1990 Dick Tracy movie, a very obvious influence on
Forever.

As for Batman Returns, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, as well as the
noted Dr Caligari and Nosferatu.

Batman, we have Blade Runner and Metropolis, as well as the 1925
Phantom of the Opera. There's something of the X-Wing Death Star run
about the Batwing sequence as well.

Batman & Robin homages Blonde Venus and A Clockwork Orange, but it's
obvious influence is the 1966 Batman TV show.


PLEASE can we not have anyone saying, "Everything in the movies was
taken directly from comics."

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The Penguin was molded after Caligari, yes. But I see traces of
Richard III also, the deformed aristocrat trying to recover power.

I would say the opposite; Dick Tracy was influenced by B89. To some
extent. The city for example. There are similar scenes too, like the
one with Big Boy, the thugs and James Caan (Joker and Rotelli.)

And then of course, there's the Max Schreck reference.

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Batman '89 and Batman Returns had various influences from the movies
of the 40's.

Batman '89 was reminiscent of those 40's film noir movies.

Batman Returns had a hint of the old Bela Lugosi/Boris Karloff hammer
horror movies.

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The scene where Batman was trying to scare Joker with the Batplane and
joker is egging him on is a homage to the movie Patton.

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You guys are forgetting the most obvious one:

the chase up the belltower at the climax of Batman is right out of
Vertigo.

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Originally Posted by ANTHONYNASTI
You guys are forgetting the most obvious one:

the chase up the belltower at the climax of Batman is right out of
Vertigo.
It nods to Vertigo but the whole climax is taken from Metropolis.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ANTHONYNASTI
You guys are forgetting the most obvious one:

the chase up the belltower at the climax of Batman is right out of
Vertigo.
Nah, not Vertigo.


High Anxiety.

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In batman returns, when the penguin said "im not a man, im a animal"
its a clear homage to the elephant man.

It has said before, but in batman there are references to vertigo and
metropolis. Also to the universal and hammer films about dracula and
other vampires, specially in the bat cave with the bats.

In batman returns, also there are homages to nosferatu and doctor
caligari.

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Also, in batman returns, the penguin circus group of friends are a
clear homage to the classic horror movie freaks, directed by todd
browning.

In the character of selina kyle/ catwoman, there are some lines and
situations similar to the clasic horror movie cat people, directed by
jaques torneaur.

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