My Favorite interrogation scenes are : -Zodiac (2007) -The Dark Knight (2008) : Good cop, Bat cop -Inglorious Basterds (2009) -Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) : The Bride interrogating Buck after she awake from her coma. -The Silence of the Lambs (1991) : Meet Dr. Lecter.
Now I know why the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight always makes me feel so on edge. There's also a shepherd's note going on in that scene that adds to the over all tension but I can't hear it in your clip. Thanks for sharing StudioBinder.
I think why the interrogation scene in Dark knight is soo iconic is not because of the Cinematography but because of the purpose,joker was there literally to destroy the persona of Batman by breaking his strengths he completely killed batman when joker said "You have nothing to threaten me with" now Bruce Wayne is the only person left alive Batman is dead no one believes him, criminals don't fear him he's symbol of fear is meaningless and the choice of saving Rachel instead of Harvey Gothams only hope for 'order' made Batman destroyed again.
wow! first time i've heard someone refer to Inglorious Basterds as a "lesser known one", they have made several videos about it and like every movie channel in YT has at least one video analyzing it
The Dark Knight interrogation scene is my favorite scene. The camera angles and use of physical violence try to make it look like Batman has the upper hand but Joker’s theme playing the background and his line, “you have nothing to threaten me with”, indicates who’s really in control. Nolan is an expert with character writing especially with the hero and villain. That scene really sums up how much Bale and Ledger were dedicated to their roles
Balancing power keeps you guessing, which is perfect for a serial killer murder mystery. Zodiac is a master class of cinema. Definitely my favourite of the three, with the Dark Knight scene next.
It isn't a classic interrogation scene but Clarice's first interview with Lector in Silence of the Lambs just does so much with so little as far as story telling, character, and world building.
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While the directing, editing, and camera work all contribute to making _The Dark Knight's_ interrogation scene so memorable, for me it's Heath Ledger's Joker that pushes it over the top to the truly great. I've seen few performances where an actor has gotten so immersed in a role, and in this case, of a character with serious mental derangement.
The way The Dark Knight was edited and shot was genius especially the interrogation scene, it had a certain rhythm to the cut which really immerses the audience in the story, also the cinematography was just top notch.
@@Laughnowcrylaterx2 Yes definitely, a truly brilliant artist which knows the medium of Filmmaking really well and how to utilise it for the best effect.
The music in that sequence is also a powerful tool to set up the pace. The lack of it at first, then Batman's heavy presence because of his overwhelming physical power in his entrance, only to fall flat again to the Joker's placidity to it. He starts his speech, where an uneasy but comforting melody sets in the back. Batman then loses patience and it all goes up again. It accompanies and heavily dramatizes the situation they're in and their character - Joker can't physically beat Batman, but he fights back with his words and the choice of music accompanies that statement.
@@CuT7yFlaM Yes definitely, the score does play a huge part in that scene as well, as the camera shots gets tighter and tighter and as the tension builds the score really adds that gutteral punch.
I love this analysis! While not technically interrogation scenes, the courtroom drama scenes such as in The Social Network and A Few Good Men are great examples of power dynamics shifting between opposing characters. I would love to hear your thoughts on both of those...
Fincher's camera movements are like conveying a story within a story. I can immediately tell there's something up when he breaks the angle because the scene itself gives it away. I don't have to rely on any exposition to explain why. It's all hidden (and revealed) in his clever use of dialogue and acting just as the camera switches to a different perspective. Check out his work in Mindhunter. You'll see what I mean. Absolutely sensational director.
@@StudioBinder The Joker in this scene goes further to underline their Codependence, unlike the duality between Batman and Harvey Dent where they cannot coexist, this Duality between Batman and the Joker requires that they coexist, each extreme is defined at least partly the Nature of the opposite extreme. Also about the camera movement, Nolan slides the camera he changes the eyeline he starts a conversation with Batman of the left looking right and Joker begins on the right looking leftward but.... as The Joker talks the camera slides to the left repositioning Batman from the left side to the right side of the frame and The Joker now on the left then Nolan does it again when The Joker says "you're just freak" he slides back right shifting Batman back to the left side of the frame in The Joker back to the right now if you ask me why? I think and correct me if I'm wrong, This disorienting camera movement reflects The Joker getting in Batman's head he's leaving him questioning his morals, Nolan here violates the eyeline rule to parallel The Joker getting Batman into violating his only rule because he wants him to flip The Dark Knight from Noble Vigilante to Lawless Executioner and by that breaking Gotham's moral backbone and drag it into the chaotic anarchy he desires.
I think it was from Studio Binder that I learnt that both Roger Deakins and Denis Villeneuve have said, in separate interviews, that for them the best scene in Sicario (which is full of incredible scenes) was the scene where Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro are sitting in her apartment at a small table talking to each other. The art of filming a conversation can never be underestimated.
You strike again! Those interrogation scenes are awesome! I remember seeing The one in The Dark Knight or the first time... I was young and I was just wondering how did they manage to tell all those things and to build this tension...A few years later, I figure it out and now the loop is complete!
Such a list of credits and acknowledgements!!! And no mention of the most important person in this piece: THE VOICEOVER GUY!!! Such an excellent voice and delivery! Stanley Parable level!!!
It's a True Art for Filmmaker to make Interrogation scene so entertaining. Those Key Moments makes Great Scenes in Movies. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring video.
No disrespect to the other two masters but the dutch angle, portraying "imbalance" of power in Inglorious Basters just had me! I never noticed it but surely felt it. If that makes sense. Such a great tool. Tarantino is a genius.
The interrogation scene of The Dark Knight and Heat are one of the best interrogation scenes I’ve ever seen. (P.S. to those who didn’t know, the interrogation in TDK was inspired by the one in Heat).
What about Demme o Michael Mann? The interrogation scene in Silence of the Lambs is a perfect example of power shifting, maybe even the best of all time!
Not every interrogation scene is supposed to be tense. Depends on the importance of person. I mean - the "interrogation" of the blond Lady (Inglorious Basterds) is between friends. So: low tension.
I think Nolan shot Batman in a more powerful frame because there’s no other way to place the joker higher in the frame than Batman. He lying on the ground, so I think Nolan just went with Batman in power and therefore make it confusing (fitting the scene); which is interesting, but I’d love to see Quarentino’s take on this scene, as he did with the inglorious Bastards scene.
The editting has been slowly subverting expectations all scene, so something Nolan could have done in the final cuts of the scene would be to actually have the actors switch positions for the close-up cuts, so Batman appears like he's being held up by the Joker, and Joker appears in the dominant position. You still do the wide cuts with them in the correct/logical positions, but you flip the close shots so the audiences senses just how upside down the scene feels for them. Batman is suspended in Joker's grasp, Joker's hair is hanging downward toward Batman: the subtle details would have helped visually break reality, just as the characters are experiencing the power inversion: but the audience wouldn't likely realize why it even looked flipped.
Other Vloggers have commented but I was surprised you didn't: The interrogation scene in the 1990's Thomas Crown Affair where Rene Russo went German in dialog and circled the interviewee "like a snake... some have commented".
If you have seen Daredevil, this power dynamics scene is clearly shown when Karen meets kingpin.. The camera keeps shifting and u can clearly notice who has the power and when .
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Well, I [probably] don't know if this counts., but a find the courtroom scene in Duck Soup very funny, especially the jokes about "taxes" and "irrelevant" and "he is an idiot."
Mindhunter on Netflix is two seasons of creepy and restrained interrogation scenes of the most notorious serial killers in 1970 America. All from the mind of David Fincher. Highly recommended!
@@StudioBinder A subverting power dynamic. Lecter, the prisoner, should not have the power over Starling, but he very clearly does. And it's not a situation where he takes it away from Starling. She never had it. She approaches the "interrogation" aggressively, but it is not because she has any leverage over Lecter, but because she is desperate for answers. He chooses (is not compelled) to give her answers, but only because he wants to, and only after extracting a high price. He's amazing in that film, but Foster's acting in that scene is stunning.
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This is a great excuse to talk about two of the greatest movies: TDK and Inglorious Bastards * I would’ve done the intro scene in the latter as the better interrogation scene
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