Nolan also cited Heat as "sort of an inspiration" for his aim "to tell a very large, city story or the story of a city": "If you want to take on Gotham, you want to give Gotham a kind of weight and breadth and depth in there.
Nolan je naveo i Vrućinu kao "neki oblik inspiracije" koja je pomogla "da ispričam jako veliku, gradsku priču ili priču o gradu": "Ako želite opisivati Gotham, morate mu dati težinu i opseg i dubinu.