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Christopher Nolan
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Christopher
Nolan is the type of film director that comes along ever so rarely.
Most directors that choose their vision over what might be deemed
viable are often victim to bad box office takings but may still
receive critical acclaim. Nolan has the audacity to do what he wants
and bring with him the support of Hollywood’s money hungry
executives. The power to satiate the bigwigs as well as the ability
to enthrall the audience is a combination that is always sought
but hardly ever found.
The most epic piece of film making by Nolan and in the history of
film is 2000’s Memento, starring Guy Pearce as the protagonist
(or even possibly antagonist) of the film. Memento was based on
a short story, Memento Mori, which is a Latin phrase that roughly
translates to ‘death is inevitable’. The story was written
by Nolan’s brother Jonathan Nolan and they worked together
to make the film which Christopher directed. It turned the very
nature of film making, directing and screenwriting on its head.
The ability to do so made Nolan a director that everyone knew would
never disappoint and so far he has yet to.
After the subsequent success of Insomnia, Nolan approaches Warner
Bros. along with Blade screenwriter David S. Goyer to work on Batman.
The last Batman movie up to that point had been the disappointing
Batman & Robin. Warner Bros. agreed and Batman Begins was born
and gave new life to a well loves super-hero embodied by Christian
Bale as the Caped Crusader. The film was the biggest success of
the year and the highest grossing Batman movie ever that was the
record until Nolan made the second Batman installment, The Dark
Knight. Nolan will be making a third and final Batman movie due
to release in 2012 that will end the franchise and not leave room
for another interpretation on Nolan’s Batman. He, along with
Goyer, has also confirmed their interest in working on Superman
in a way that has never been done before.
Recently director/ writer/ producer Christopher Nolan is riding
high on the success of his latest film, Inception starring Leonardo
Dicaprio and Ellen Page which is another roller coaster ride. It’s
actually done better business in India than any Bollywood film.
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