The Dark Knight Rises Prologue Is 'Breathtaking'

Director Christopher Nolan claims the next Batman film starts with a bang...

The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan has described the movie's opening sequence as breathtaking.

Speaking of the six-minute prologue, which will debut before IMAX screenings of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol later this month, Nolan told Entertainment Weekly: "My feeling, particularly on an action film, is you want to be thrown into a situation that somehow takes your breath away early in the film,"

"I think rhythmically - you know, I view these films as pieces of music - if you start with a bit of a bang, it buys you more time to then calmly move into the story and the characters."

He continued: "We have a lot of characters in this film, a lot of people to introduce, a lot of catching up to do with the audience. So I think it was important to really throw something big on screen and then take our time."

Nolan went on to confess that he's nervous about the audiences reaction to The Dark Knight Rises prologue, explaining: "I am excited about it. I'm only nervous about it in that the rest of the film isn't finished yet, so we're still in the evolving creative process,"

The Oscar-nominated director added: "I wouldn't want the reactions to skew that. We try to work in a vacuum a little bit. It's always different in the editing room. There's a lot of discovery and a long process of re-discovery."

The Dark Knight Rises, which stars Christian Bale and Tom Hardy, hits UK cinemas on 20th July 2012…we can't wait!

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