Darren Aronofsky opens on his film Batman “Down and Dirty” Ratt

Before Christopher Nolan reinvented Batman with Batman beginsThere was almost a radically different version of The Dark Knight by the director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a dream, black swan).

Aronofsky was once attached to direct a Batman movie with Rating R co-script with Frank Millerinspired by Miller Batman: first yearBut he would bring the character to the territory so Warner Bros. was not ready.

In a recent conversation on the Podcast Happy Sad confused, Aronofsky described his vision as raw and stripped.

“It was really a little down and dirty, type of movie with a duct. He didn’t sell Batmobile [toys]… was evaluated R. “

That tone extended to vast changes in the myth. Instead of growing up in Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne would have finished homeless after the murder of her parents. Alfred was reinvented as a tough owner of a car shop called “Little to” and the entire aesthetic was more macting than success.

Aronofsky revealed that while accepting the Batman project, his real goal was to get his passion project The fountain from the ground. “The movie I really wanted to do was The fountain“He explained, suggesting that Batman had to give him the lever of the study he needed.

Aronofsky confirmed that he was interested Joaquin Phoenix Like Batman, but the study had very different ideas. He recalled in a previous interview:

“I remember thinking:” Oh, we are making two different films here. The study wanted Freddie Prinze Jr. I was a big fan of Miller’s graphic novel work, so just meeting him was exciting then. “

He added that part of his motivation was to remove the franchise from the campy reputation left Joel Schumacher’S Batman and Robin.

“The Batman who came out in front of me was Batman & Robin, the famous with the nipples on Batsuit, so I was really trying to undermine and reinvent him. That’s where my head went.”

It is not difficult to imagine that Batman of Aronofsky and Miller would have been one of the darkest adaptations ever made, but if he could have connecting with a mass audience it is another question. Fans often argue that Batman works better when he supports the shade, but this version was obviously too extreme for Warner Bros. At the time.

Would you have liked to see the brutal and classified grip of Aronofsky on The Dark Knight? Or are you happy that the study in the end delivered the keys to Nolan? Share your thoughts in the comments below.