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1998 Following I’d been on my own for a while and getting kind of lonely... and bored... nothing to do all day. And that’s when I started shadowing.


Shadowing?

Shadowing - Following.

I started to follow people.


2000 Memento


You’re John G. So you can be my John G...

Will I lie to myself to be happy?

In your case Teddy...

yes I will.


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2002 Insomnia I guess it’s about what you thought was right at the time.

what you’re willing to live with.


Then,


2005 Batman Begins

Your parent’s death was not your fault.


But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely.

Which is?

A legend, Mr. Wayne.



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2006 The Prestige Now you’re looking for the secret.

But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not really looking.

You don’t really want to work it out.


You want to be fooled.


2008 The Dark Knight See, I’m not a monster.


I’m just ahead of the curve.


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2010 Inception I’ve come back for you... to remind you of something.

Something you once knew...


That this world is not real.


2012 The Dark Knight Rises

You do not fear death. You think this makes you strong. It makes you weak.

How can you move faster than possible, fight longer than possible without the most powerful impulse of the spirit:


Why?

the fear of death.


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