'The Dark Knight': DVD Sales Break Records, Austin Critics Love It, Nolan Feted By Cinematographers Group

If there’s an economic crisis going on someone forgot to tell Batman, and the 13.5 million people that purchased the DVD last week. Apparently a new necessity has been added: Food, Water, and “The Dark Knight.”

Not only has “The Dark Knight” sold a crazy amount of DVDs in the last week alone, it will becoming the highest selling DVD of the entire year by weeks end. Continuing its domination, ‘TDK’ crushed the Blu-ray market as well. This can be file under “obvious” considering this film is the reason most people own Blu-ray players.

And if daunting sales figures aren’t your game then the results from the Austin Film Critics Association are sure to put a smile on that face of yours. The Christoper Nolan-directed crime saga won for Best picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting actor (Heath Ledger naturally), and Score. Texas, once again proving that bigger is better.

Other Austin Film awards worth mentioning: Danny McBride for breakthrough artist (we’ve been banging this drum for a year now) and Colin Watkinson won best cinematography for his absolutely memorizing visuals in, “The Fall.”

It’s practically ‘Dark Knight’ appreciation week. The American Society of Cinematographers’ Board of Governors Award honored Chris Nolan this week. Past recipients include Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Warren Beatty and Ron Howard. – Pearce Dietrich