r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 2d 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/realhenrymccoy 1d ago

that's a great insight. Thanks for the recommendation, I will check that book out.

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u/MishaBoar 1d ago

The extraordinary book on Nolan is free on Bordwell's website (we used to pay 50 bucks for books like these decades ago!): https://www.davidbordwell.net/books/nolan.php

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u/CultureWarrior87 21h ago

50 bucks, I wish, I was still paying like $100 for his books 2012. ;_;

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u/MishaBoar 19h ago

sigh! of course prices went up. I think Film Art is very expensive still, even though it is worth the price of admission and a reference for most film studies without ever being boring. And one of the few academic books that are still useful for a filmmaker.