Psychological Freaks: Batman & Joker

These are screenshots from the movie Batman (1989).

Gotham City

above: Gotham City. See also Industrial Society and its Future by Theodore Kaczynski.

Gotham City Atlas sculpture

above: A column in the guise of a man is called Atlas. In the guise of a woman is called a caryatides.

See also: milk, tits, and caryatids

Modern Art

is there a name for the art style of these decos?

gothic office

above: Beautiful Office. Look thru the window, the two big Roman heads. The tradeoff is that it narrows a panorama into a vista.

Batman

above: Vicky Vale's studio apartment. Beautiful. “Lots of space.” Elegantly and sparsely decorated. The steps introduces certain formality.

avant-garde art

above: Joker's abode. Avant-garde Joker, with avant-garde deco, and a avant-garde photography. (if you know the tech lingo for this style, or can identify the photo, please let me know.)

Joker's avant-garde art Joker's avant-garde art
mural

above: A great, beautiful, mural. This style is called Art Deco↗. The artist is Tamara de Lempicka. (1898-1980).

“Joker Here”

Joker

above: Joker. “as you can see, i'm a lot happier!”

Joker

above: Joker, smiling. “if you have to go, go with as smile.”

Kim Basinger

above: Vicky Vale, starring Kim Basinger↗. She is a fine art by herself.

The quintessence of the attraction of Batman story line is psychopathology. Batman and Joker are both freaks of the mind. All other major characters are all nutcases (Penguin, two-face, puzzler...)

never rob another man's rhubarb

For more info about the film, see Wikipedia: Batman (1989 film)↗.


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