The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher NolanAn in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, "as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain" (Sam Mendes). In chapters structured by themes and motifs ("Time"; "Chaos"; "Dreams"), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan's thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller/spy-fi Tenet ("Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable"--Variety). Filled with the director's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. "Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter."--Neal Gabler, author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood and Walt Disney, The Biography |
Contents
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ONE STRUCTURE | 21 |
TWO ORIENTATION | 51 |
THREE TIME | 77 |
FOUR PERCEPTION | 108 |
FIVE SPACE | 125 |
SIX ILLUSION | 148 |
SEVEN CHAOS | 174 |
NINE REVOLUTION | 235 |
TEN EMOTION | 257 |
ELEVEN SURVIVAL | 283 |
TWELVE KNOWLEDGE | 310 |
THIRTEEN ENDINGS | 334 |
Acknowledgments | 351 |
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