The result, in the case of The Dark Knight Rises, is a movie so rich in lushly
cinematic images — with lustrous colors and
richly textured night scenes — that it should be displayed side by side with the likes of The Avengers and The Amazing Spider - Man in public forums devoted to educating the audience about what is being lost as the making and exhibiting of films on actual film becomes a museum art — the latest, but surely not the last, casualty of Hollywood's relentless focus on the bottom line.