"It's really about sticking to your guns" | Christopher Nolan on Directing 

Ya but, I'm not sure how good of a professor, for instance, Tarantino would be more exciting to learn from. Nolan, though still my favorite filmmaker, can kind of be a little blane. . . forgive me for it guys!

High IQ people are often like that. Steve Jobs is a good example.

Very similar to the way his movies are

@@thedude5885 lol!!!

@Peter Parker Still disagree, just telling.

@@afshanparveen2985 bro chill

@@thadeusnoelrusli8630 Fuck Nolan bro he sucks

NOLAN: BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! BAM!(GUNFIRE) DEADPOOL: you're welcome Canada

The Oscar said FUCK YOU to your NOLAN 5 times

@@vijayasaritha4178 FUCK YOU! BITCH I AM MARVEL!

To translate your statement more accurately: The shittiest entertainment films are the best films, period. Take a moment and read how stupid you sound

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Deadpool 2 is pretty good also...

+nenmeu2 Err okay sure

@@Nenmeu2 yeah but the shitty entertainment films industry gave Nolan a lot of freedom in the movies.

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LMAO!

LOL

The most underrated comment ever hahaha

IKR! That's why I searched for this video in the first place.

Lol oh shut up with that god nonsense. Ignoramus.

@@artistryartistry7239 you shouldn't, you just skipped God but you believe in sci-fi and you think G-d is sci-fi. Don;t you think that if we could sell idea of G-d it would be broken? How about you on your own decide what is truth and what is not? This is not a place for taking faith from someone.

NOLAN: BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! BAM!(GUNFIRE) DEADPOOL: you're welcome Canada

including his teeth

😂

A Legend!

@XxneveragainxX imagine being that fucking stupid. Most mcu projects are better than tdk

@Seth Belfort me?

Goes for any field

4 levels! But that many levels is too unstable.

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It's all about layers

Paul Swiatek coatception !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@pranav5685 😂😂😂

That’s awesome! No better man to aspire to than Nolan IMO! Good luck 👍

Same

@@MacGuyver85Steven Spielberg

@@andreimcallister1365 Can't disagree with him either. Different genres and style really but he's great too.

@jackhussey2918 Just make movies! Don’t wait. Just go for it. Believe in yourself! Just be you! I absolutely love making movies! It’s a joy. :) Email me if you need any advice or help on any films you’re interested in making! - Darius

He has no understanding of film dialog tho but dunkirk was good cause no one talked.

NTMA Productions I agree that supremely Stunningly gorgeous visual aesthetics are his Definitely his biggest strength...But his dialogue is pretty damn good as well...

Watch the plane scene from The Dark Knight rises. No context don't think of it as a Nolan or a Batman film. And remember that these characters have never been mentioned before. CIA is looking for Bane, captures Bane then never checks. Now while that scene has more plot wholes then Swiss cheese, let's go beyond that. I deplore you to watch that scene and really pay attention then reply to me if you actually think any human being in real life or in drama would say what CIA, and Bane said. Also all of the Jokers Dialog, Batman's. In all fairness I am only referring to his Batman films. While Memento was a classic I felt even that movie felt a bit choppy. I don't blame the actors fully either Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, and even Aiden Gillian have had good performances in their day but in Nolan films it just isn't there. Also the line 'Get this hot head outta here" is ingrained in my mind as historically shit dialog.

NTMA Productions It was an intense scene..Admittedly it was a bit cartoonish and over the top...But wasn’t close to being bad dialogue...If you think that’s bad dialogue, then you need to watch more films.. And saying Nolan has no understanding of film dialogue is complete nonsense.

"Watch the plane scene from The Dark Knight rises." It's kind of unfair to point finger at a specific scene from one film out of an entire filmography of one director and use it as a definitive proof of him lacking certain qualities, don't you think? What about the scene where Alfred leaves Bruce? That's a great scene that shows Nolan's ability to show genuine human emotions in these overstuffed blockbuster movies that, most of the time, are ashamed of sincerity and genuineness. "No context don't think of it as a Nolan or a Batman film. And remember that these characters have never been mentioned before." The thing is, you can't fucking use an action scene from a comic book movie, tell somebody to watch it and ignore the context, and judge it as an ordinary drama or some shit. It's as if I would told you to watch the last 30 minutes of The Avengers and judge its "dialogue" as if you'r watching a Dardanne brothers movie. "Now while that scene has more plot wholes then Swiss cheese, let's go beyond that." Well, sir, let's go beyond that: Your spelling has more holes than an anthill. "I deplore you to watch that scene and really pay attention then reply to me if you actually think any human being in real life or in drama would say what CIA, and Bane said." Yeah, because it's not like we're watching a comic book movie that feature character-archetypes that usually tend to be overly dramatic and unrealistic. I'm pretty sure that, in real life, people don't run around in body armor and capes while fighting guys in Darth Vader masks. Comic book movies will be dramatic and unrealistic by default. The best thing you can do about it is embrace it and make it actually look entertaining and clever. Which is something, I feel, franchises like MCU and DCEU rarely understand. MCU just makes it so apparent, it's no longer entertaining, when they shoehorn so many bad jokes into every single scene just to let us know that we're watching a stupid superhero movie. Nolan was at least not ashamed of making a movie based on superheroes and supervillains. He portrayed all of it without any irony or self-mockery.

I bet he would understand Rick and Morty

MrCela01 Nigga...

aaaw show me where this commebt hurt you, darling :)

It's evident from his portfolio and the stories he chooses to tell. He pulls off high concept stuff yet manages to make it digestible and he doesn't let the audience feel excluded from the intellectual conversations he makes through his films. Truly brilliant

@@mrcela0150, to be fair, you need a really high ICQ to understand Rick & Morty.

Ente de ficción I’m curious to know how many movie critics have ever made a film. It’s funny how they can shit on someone else’s work without knowing a fucking thing about the process of making one

@@Brandon-vy6uw Critics aren't de facto haters, you know... And you don't need to have written a book or made a movie to have a critical opinion on one. Lately, many critics seem to be more interested in clickbait-y titles for their columns or videos rather than actually giving a thoughtful piece of criticism, but there are still good critics out there and they shouldn't be discredited.

@@Brandon-vy6uw Roger Ebert famously wrote the delirious scripts for a bunch of Russ Meyer directed sex-comedies , back in the 70's.

Movie critics are the most useless "professionals" in the world. Spend their lives shitting on someone else's hard work and passion.

Check out Kermode. He knows his shit.

He makes entertaining movies But he ain’t even close to being one of the best filmmakers. LMAO

Yeah well I guess it's settled then, Chris Nolan isn't close to being one of the best filmmakers because Zach Anderson from RU-vid says so

That an opinion

zach anderson he's one of the best for sure

zach anderson So who is one of the best in your mind? This should be interesting.

He was adding "layers" to the conversation.

I read this and listened, shit made me laugh out loud

Nitesh Sharma We’ve all done that at time. :)

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River Pinkston really haha !! Have a good day y'all ...

Absolutely not the best ever.

Nah he lost it. Dunkirk and Tenet are mediocre.

Damn straight!

BIKKEY CHHETRI not even close

PTA

Armando Pérez yeah, not even close to your justin bieber and selena gomez😂

Appreciate the 12 year old comment

I agree. I was completely dumbfounded by all the -idiots- naysayers of Dunkirk, who said they didn't like the movie because they felt no connection to what was going on due of the lack of characterization. I wondered what movie they were watching - they seemed to totally miss the point - Nolan was making the viewer the character, by transporting us into that situation, that experience.

Fun Guy - Im glad you enjoyed it. And youre right about complainers due to lack of characterization; mainly, cuz of the non traditional storytelling. But, the movie was not very deep, even though, there was great depth of character and aesthetically appealing 14-18mm shots. There was very little emotion or feeling. Not exactly Scheindler's List. Did you see Brigsby Bear, Three Bilboards o/s Ebbing, or Lady Bird I bet you McDonagh wins best Director and Nolan best picture

+Johnny Enright To each their own. Dunkirk is an excellent example of what visual storytelling can accomplish. I was extremely moved by it, and emotionally engaged all the way through. I was more invested in the struggles of characters who I didn't even know the names of than films or television shows that spend hours developing their characters with backstory. That's not to say I haven't seen excellent films/tv doing the exact opposite of Dunkirk, but to say it's a shallow film... I couldn't disagree more.

SultanofSmash -you're right! Never tell the audience what they know. Any idiot can do voice over narration. And depth of character is implied when done well; rather than, long exaggerated back story. Don't get me wrong, Dunkirk was a great film, but it seemed a little one demensional... You could make a movie within the movie from almost every scene... Like the British officer that waits behind for any Frenchman. The docks before launching into the English sea or the capture of a British Pilot.

SultanofSmash one d emensional meaning, you get what you see... Kubrick, however, was the master at multidimensional storytelling. Take The Shining. A movie about isolation and falling into Maddness, but also a metaphor for the American Indian genocide. 2001 Space Odesey is about human/artificial intelligence But also about sexual reproduction and power/control

@Eddie Venkman The original Star Wars had a very B movie quality vibe to it. Not that I don't like it, it's a really cool movie

The Oscar said fuck you to Nolan 5 times HA! HA! HA!

@@afshanparveen2985 I see you everywhere trying so hard to insult Nolan. Why are you so salty?

He’s also a massive Michael Bay and MacGruber fan. When they were shooting Dark Knight Rises he had to stop filming because he was laughing so hard, they shot they had set up reminded him of MacGruber

@@afshanparveen2985 Fuck the Oscars they're not about shit.Movies I like don't get it but stuff I don't like get it.It's not for the people.

Same and Christopher Nolan is Fantastic!

Jacob Robert Desio Stready on their bro. I agree that Nolan is a supreme film maker but theres Stanley Kubrick and Terence malick(both of whom nolan admits where massive influences on his work). Not forgetting David Fincher, francis ford copppla and martin scorcesse.

@@eoinbrennan3949 What is this? The guy said Nolan is the director that had the most influence on HIM. Why are you disapproving that? It affected him, not you.

@@stynershiner1854 Yeah I was reading over my comment again and I have no idea why I said that. I think I may have read the original comment wrong

Be the First you.

currently my favorite director, i'd like to write a soundtrack for him!

The Treatment has the best Nolan interviews.

Nikhil Venkatesa could u elaborate on that?

Drids Zzz Sure, although I know I'm treading on thin ice with all the Nolan fans on the Internet. He's extremely satisfying as an image-maker and a filmmaker who provides genuine spectacle at the cinema, and he's a master at evoking an atmosphere and tone in each of his films. But at the same time, his characters are often emotional ciphers for me, and his form can overwhelmingly dominate the story being told. "Dunkirk" exemplifies both the best and the not-so-best of Nolan's work.

Nikhil Venkatesa Completely agree, well said

+Nikhil Venkatesa How can you complain Nolan's characters? He has such a great gallery of emotionally driven characters.

Tre Drago They're emotionally driven usually because we are told that they are, but that doesn't make them emotional characters you can empathize with. Take Dom from Inception for instance. We're reminded over and over again about the tragedy with his wife and how he's driven by providing for his children, but we never get to empathize with him as a widow and as a single father. There are obviously exceptions to this, and "Interstellar" is the biggest one.

Rakib Hussain the Prestige should show any his level of genius is unmatched and Interstellar was fire

Rizwan Mashur ul Muttakin actually, great directors could earn more than actors do like nolan, he has a net worth of an estimated $150 million (and counting), & if im not mistaken $180 mil this year

Muhammad Syamil but because his talent...rise him to persue his dream. and here we are !!!

Isaac dissonance well we are most lucky actually to live in his days, enjoy his wonderfully crafted form of arts...

Rizwan Mashur ul Muttakin What matters is that talent will out ultimately Look at one the most popular food on the planet... McDonald’s. People generally are happy to feed on a diet of junk that they’re fed and art, cinema, music are sadly getting that way. Sadly often people don’t like to think for themselves.

People still praise actors not knowing the fact actors are only the representation of a director’s thought

Agreed, his upcoming movie TeneT's teaser poster dont even have the main actor's name in it lol. It just show a big CHRISTOPHER NOLAND on top of it.

No, I agree with you. It’s clear he understands his job as a director isn’t bossing people around, but instead create the correct environment for other people (actors and crew) to thrive in. I think that also explains his dislike for green screens etc. The response/effort you’ll get out of both actors and crew will be more genuine in a (more) real setting. In short, he must be a humble guy that respects the people around him.