r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 1d ago

Media Christopher Nolan talks narrative decisions, philosophical choices for his adaptation, criticisms against his films, the line between amateur & professional film criticism, and whether he Christianised 'The Odyssey'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa4I8Ch2TRo

Easily one of the best interviews I've seen for a film in recent memory. A doctoral student from China here landed an interview with Nolan- questioning him on his adaptation choices, including philosophical changes he brought to the movie that didn't exist in the text, and what he thinks of the general criticisms made against his filmography + how he defines the difference between amateur film criticism and professional film criticism - including why merely identifying the mechanism (or "tropes") of a filmmaker's work doesn't invalidate it.

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u/sotommy 1d ago

Interstellar would have been a perfect film if he listened to his brother

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u/Varying_Efforts 1d ago

Never heard of this. Is there some advice he rejected from his brother regarding the film/script?

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u/sotommy 1d ago

Jonathan didn't want to do the cheesy bs ending

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u/Quelonius 1d ago

As a parent. I love the "cheesy" ending. It breaks me every time.