Max Schreck

One of the most fascinating movies that you can watch -  watch again, I suppose - after many years, is Batman Returns. You know, the one that Tim Burton produced (or I think co-produced) starring the vastly underrated Michael Keaton, and the amazing Michelle Pfeiffer, and of course De Vito and Christopher Walken.

'Max Schreck' in Batman Returns, with
his Illuminati 'Eye' hat!

Walken plays 'Max Schreck' the (evil) power behind the Mayor of Gotham.

The name 'Max Schreck' as you know was the name of the actor who played the famous original 'Nosferatu' (blood-sucking vampire) role of the black & white movie days.

It's instructive to watch the masked ball scene video clip from the movie and listen to what Walken's character says, and then note just how similar the scene is to Kubick's EWS.

Batman Returns is quite an old movie now and you have to wonder what all this 'Illuminati' stuff is really all about when you can trace its precision and intentional use way back as far as at least Batman Returns. Expert conspiracy theorists I'm sure will be able to tell us to goes back in movies even further.

I dunno. What's this stuff really all about? I think it's more than just a 'trope' - more to it than meets the eye, so to speak! LOL. ...Have a look at this, it's only 3.54 mins. long: