Despite the smothering 90-degree heat and the brilliant afternoon sun, despite being interviewed on his own back porch in West Hollywood, just a few feet from the giant trampoline he bought for his four young children, Christopher Nolan, the director of "Batman Begins" and its forthcoming sequel, "The Dark Knight," is wearing the same thing he always wears: a trim black suit. It's his uniform. His Batsuit, if you will. He's got 10 more just like it. Nolan is a meticulous guy, and he likes knowing where all his stuff is, including the two passports he habitually keeps in his inside coat pocket, just in case. Hismovies, especially his latest, match the man: thoughtful and precise, with a coiled, relentless intensity. "The Dark Knight" finds Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) coping with the consequences of his bid to obliterate crime in Gotham. The criminals have stepped up their game as well, led by that heckling hell-raiser the Joker, a psychopath who forces his victims to make unimaginable choices. The Joker, of course, is played by Heath Ledger, whose sudden death in January stunned Hollywood and has only ratcheted up interest in what was already one of the most anticipated performances -and films-of the summer. Nolan wrote a eulogy for the actor in NEWSWEEK that month, and he revisited the subject, along with many others, during a 90-minute conversation. Excerpts:
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机译：尽管有90摄氏度的闷热天气和灿烂的午后阳光，尽管在西好莱坞他自己的后门廊上接受了采访，但距离他为四个孩子买的巨型蹦床只有几英尺，“蝙蝠侠开始”的导演克里斯托弗·诺兰”和即将上映的续集《黑暗骑士》（The Dark Knight）穿着他一直穿着的那件衣服：黑色西装。是他的制服。如果愿意的话，他的蝙蝠服。他还有十个。诺兰是一个细致的人，他喜欢知道他所有的东西在哪里，包括他习惯性地放在衣袋里的两本护照，以防万一。他的电影，尤其是他的最新电影，恰如其分：周到而又精确，而且曲折而无情。 “黑暗骑士”发现布鲁斯·韦恩（克里斯蒂安·贝尔）应对他为消除哥谭犯罪而努力的后果。在令人费解的地狱小丑Joker的带领下，罪犯也加强了比赛，他是一个精神病患者，迫使他的受害者做出难以想象的选择。小丑当然是由希思·莱杰（Heath Ledger）饰演的，他在1月突然去世，震惊了好莱坞，只是引起了人们对早已成为夏天最令人期待的表演之一和电影的兴趣。诺兰（Nolan）当月在新闻周刊上为这位演员致悼词，在长达90分钟的对话中，他与其他许多人重新探讨了这个话题。摘录：
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