The Fire Rises The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)

This featurelength documentary delves into the trilogy opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood sweat and tears Candid thoughtful and extensive and comprised of revealing behindthescenes footage countless interviews audition tapes with Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy doning the cape and cowl and a narrative grip and momentum all its own it leaves no stone unturned