Wow. Isn't it interesting then that (based on your thesis) The Dark Knight Rises is Nolan's ultimate answer to the sum total of his past work?
By this I mean that The Dark Knight Rises is his first movie to show the full consequences of a shallowly appealing lie - given that the entire movie is about how a "useful lie" (Dent Act, etcetera) comes undone and eventually hurts the people of Gotham more than it initially helped. Some of his other films certainly tinkered with the consequences, but TDKR is the first movie to explore, from the first act to the third, what happens after the "useful lie" has initially helped the proverbial "protagonist," which in this case would be Gotham City.
"Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day."
Well done!
By this I mean that The Dark Knight Rises is his first movie to show the full consequences of a shallowly appealing lie - given that the entire movie is about how a "useful lie" (Dent Act, etcetera) comes undone and eventually hurts the people of Gotham more than it initially helped. Some of his other films certainly tinkered with the consequences, but TDKR is the first movie to explore, from the first act to the third, what happens after the "useful lie" has initially helped the proverbial "protagonist," which in this case would be Gotham City.
"Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day."
Well done!