BATMAN DANTE (a fan film by Chris. R. Notarile)

As told through the eyes of a heroin addict, a homeless man, named Dante, witnesses Gotham s Dark Knight stop a crime, but what he sees is terrifying beyond even his own comprehension. A WORD FROM CHRIS I wrote the script for DANTE back in 2010, and believe it or not, all it actually is, is a page and a half of dialog. Seriously. No descriptions, no scene details, just the monologue for Dante. Everything else was improvised on the spot. I knew from the beginning that I did not want to glorify Batman in any way whatsoever. I wanted him to be as scary and as visually threatening as possible. So I gave him the horror treatment and portrayed him like a classic horror slasher. Since the story was going to be told through the eyes of a drug addict, I knew it would be easier to sell this idea since Batman isn t the focus of the story Dante is. And since it was Dante s perception of Batman, I was able to give the character a much darker depiction than other incarnations. One of the main reasons why I avoided m