Spielberg said Nolan was the last film author in Hollywood.
But if you like movies, no one doesn't know Nolan.
As a British director who made films in Hollywood, Nolan is most admired for his ability to achieve great commercial success while maintaining the artistry of independent films to the greatest extent.
He is recognized as a director who "never makes bad movies", from his debut film "Follow" in 1998 to the "Interstellar" that is regarded as a god work to "Creed" just released last year, almost all of which are divine masterpieces with a rating of 8 or 9.
A "chosen" director, he began working with his father's 8mm camera at the age of 7, shooting a stop-motion animation with a doll.
He is also the most demanding director, and when shooting, he supervises every shot and never retakes the shot.
He is also the director with the most "quirks", likes film shooting, likes IMAX shooting, only shoots 2D, rejects CG, and prefers to use models and special effects to create live effects.
Rooftop chases in The Mystery of the Dark Knight, jumping from high towers, hospital explosions and gatherings of thousands of people in The Dark Knight, aerial crashes and tanker truck explosions in The Dark Knight Rise;
The rotating corridors in Inception and the air battles in Dunkirk are all live-action shots.
And what is still widely circulated to this day, Nolan planted five hundred acres of corn in the northern region of Canada in order to shoot "Interstellar", after the filming of the film, these five hundred acres of corn even added an unexpected income to the film.
"Creed" directly bought a real Boeing 747 X1 to blow up, although "Creed" in the box office performance is not as good as expected, but Nolan's film is still a high-profile existence, fans are curious about Nolan's next movie will be made what? How to shoot?
No hurry, Nolan's new movie is coming.
According to foreign media sources, Christopher Nolan will return to the theater in 2023 with his new work "Oppenheimer"! The current tentative release date is July 21, 2023.
It was also Nolan's first non-Warner Bros. film since 2002's Insomnia, and the new owner, Universal Pictures, not only gave full financial support, but also gave Nolan a promise:
Oppenheimer will have about 100 days to run, which is not only higher than the pre-pandemic 90-day standard, but also well above the 45 days that are becoming the new industry standard.
Just after the cast was updated again and again, several key information points appeared about the film itself.
This investment and this box office can be described as quite large in today's global film and television depression.
You know, the production cost of "Creed" is about 200 million US dollars, and the original release required the global box office to reach 400 million US dollars to break even, and 450 million US dollars to achieve a turnaround at the box office.
But as of now, "Creed" has grossed $363 million worldwide. Not to mention profitable, it is difficult to break even.
Now that Nolan's new film has just been finalized, it is so "crazy", what is the highlight?
First of all, the cast is strong, and the main creative lineup is Nolan's royal team.
The cast of "Oppenheimer" is basically fixed, namely Kirian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon.
In the cast, Kirihan Murphy has played several supporting roles in Nolan films, this time for the first time, Matt Damon made brief cameos in Interstellar, and Downey and Emily both starred in Nolan's films for the first time.
This is the sixth time Kirian Murphy has worked with Nolan, having previously starred in the Scarecrow in the Batman trilogy and also playing important supporting roles in Inception and Dunkirk.
In addition to the movie, Murphy also starred in the high-scoring British drama "Blood Gangster", known as a "chameleon actor", and his acting skills have nothing to say.
Emily Blunt also has a lot of masterpieces, and she is also a very successful actress, and this time in the film will surely continue to surprise us.
Matt Damon, an old filmmaker, no longer needs to be introduced with more brush and ink.
It is worth mentioning that Iron Man Downey joined. After Avengers 4, Downey didn't have many film and television works, and the only people who have met us are "Dolittle's Fantasy Adventure" and "Spider-Man: Hero Expedition" with cameos.
Fans are looking forward to his reappearance on the big screen.
The production team behind the film is also Nolan's old acquaintance, the soundtrack is the soundtrack of "Creed", Oscar winner Ludwig Golansson, the cinematographer is Hoyt Van Hotma, who has collaborated on "Interstellar", "Dunkirk" and "Creed", and the editor is also from "Creed".
With such a creative team in place, coupled with Nolan's own attraction, it is difficult for this movie to look forward to.
Moreover, this is Nolan's first biopic, how to shoot the known full picture of the story?
Compared with the cast, Nolan's new film is more noticeable in terms of theme.
Because Oppenheimer is a biopic, this is nolan's first biopic.
As we all know, Nolan is best at picking stories with suspenseful nature, and then compiling stories with non-linear narratives, "Following", "Deadly Magic", and "Memory Fragments" are the best examples.
But before this "Dunkirk", Nolan also showed his strong narrative ability, allowing us to see another way of telling war films.
Based on the historical fact that 400,000 British and French troops successfully withdrew 330,000 people in the Dunkirk evacuation, the film still uses three narrative lines to interlace the way, so that the audience is more likely to be emotionally moved by the film.
And this time "Oppenheimer" is not a general biopic, the film and "Dunkirk", are the theme of World War II, focusing on the story of the Development of the Atomic Bomb by Robert Oppenheimer, the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" in the United States.
Written by Nolan himself, the screenplay was adapted from Kay Bird and Martin S. Thompson. J. Schöwen's Pulitzer-winning book, Prometheus of America: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer.
The original book is well documented and well-written, with a high score of 8.6 on Douban and is also called: an epic thriller.
Because it takes the reader into a thrilling paradox: a mysterious man must risk destroying it to save it.
Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist, but also one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century.
How to make such an originally legendary story unique to Nolan, and let us wait and see.
There is also a question about the film Oppenheimer, that is, the film tells a darker, narrower story in American history, and it is difficult to resonate outside the United States.
Therefore, whether it can harvest more box office in the market outside the United States is also worth considering.
However, with so many questions about the film, the most curious thing is only one point:
Nolan, who is keen on live-action shooting, will this atomic bomb explosion be CG production?
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