Why Christopher Nolan Is Obsessed With Time

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024

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  • @RonReynolds
    @RonReynolds Год назад +475

    I like how you went backwards through his filmography. Playing with time in your own way. Nicely done.

    • @Mariana16562
      @Mariana16562 Год назад +6

      I was waiting to see this comment. I noticed it too!!

    • @shaylxix
      @shaylxix Год назад +2

      I was just about to say that when I say this comment 😅😅😅

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Год назад +199

    I love how Nolan has one distinct theme which connects each of his projects together. It's been over two decades since Memento was released, which is the first movie of his I ever saw. The unconventional way it was told cemented him as one of my all time favourite directors.

  • @Soopology
    @Soopology Год назад +118

    From *Memento* to *The Prestige* to *The Dark Knight* to *Inception* to *Interstellar* to *Oppenheimer* - its amazing how you can come across so many different fans of Nolan & factions of those people can describe why each is Nolan's best. Whatever your choice is, I'm sure we can agree that we hope he doesn't stop making these films that make us think & feel anytime soon.

    • @yomomma4367
      @yomomma4367 Год назад +3

      Agreed! MY favorite is The Prestige because of how he kept telling us the plot twist throughout the movie but we just didn't want to hear/see it although he TOLD us to pay close attention in the beginning of the movie.

    • @robwhitmore3040
      @robwhitmore3040 7 месяцев назад

      @@yomomma4367 Yeah, the prstige for me. But knowing, the end, I'd probably choose to rewatch a few others first.

  • @dipperdandy
    @dipperdandy Год назад +90

    The editing in Dunkirk is bloody brilliant. Especially the sound editing. Which is strange for a Nolan movie, but this is the one case it works. I feel.

    • @rrbcraftergames3361
      @rrbcraftergames3361 Год назад +3

      I wouldn’t say his sound editing in general is bad, it’s just sometimes it gets a little too drowned out in his style that it eventually just come across as “bad”.

    • @anthonymartensen3164
      @anthonymartensen3164 Год назад +5

      The sound is really good in all of his movies, imo. Very bold in the "bigger" films.

    • @rrbcraftergames3361
      @rrbcraftergames3361 Год назад

      @@anthonymartensen3164 ye agreed

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz Год назад +163

    Hollywood needs filmmakers like Nolan more than ever

    • @se7en910
      @se7en910 Год назад

      ​@technologyspecialistoperat8264 no intelligent adult uses emojis. Trump seems like a laugh but when his main voter is people like you it's more embarrassing your country is beyond broken not even a silver spoon fed billionair can save you. LoL

    • @ofAwxen
      @ofAwxen Год назад +3

      What Hollywood needs is MORE diversity, MORE inclusivity and MORE strong female characters

    • @fruehlingsobst8123
      @fruehlingsobst8123 Год назад +2

      Wtf, how does diversity make movies better or worse?

    • @ofAwxen
      @ofAwxen Год назад

      @@fruehlingsobst8123 Complex themes, intricate storylines and philosophical depth are no match for the knowledge that the main character has a different amount of melanin in their skin and enjoys rectal congress with members of the same sex

    • @Carloszavalalol
      @Carloszavalalol Год назад

      ​@@fruehlingsobst8123you're clearly a cis white male if you have to ask

  • @Blitzo8390
    @Blitzo8390 Год назад +43

    Okay, I like the fact that you covered Nolan movies backwards as opposed to forwards. That’s pretty good

  • @vanzc7920
    @vanzc7920 Год назад +21

    Nolan deserves an Oscar. His movies are so good.

  • @quasinfinity
    @quasinfinity Год назад +8

    Got a detail wrong. Describing Memento, "the ending of each scene is the beginning of the next" but that's just how normal chronology works. In this film, the beginning of each scene is the end of the next.
    Big time travel lover, huge fan of Nolan.

    • @MoniemJr
      @MoniemJr Год назад

      Yes, I noticed it too

  • @adamgrose1
    @adamgrose1 Год назад +22

    I love the fact that with the invention of video and dvd, and now streaming, we can go forward and backwards in movie time whilst still moving through reality time. Movies assist us to go back in time via our memory of when we might have first watched a particular movie, whilst affording new perspectives about a movie by us moving with time as we grow older. Both reliving those times that have passed, as well as living in the present moment.

  • @tommymiller5008
    @tommymiller5008 Год назад +26

    Is it possible you can make a video on why directors like certain actors? Like how Scorsese really like DiCapprio and Nolan really likes Michael Caine?

    • @ggMwaniki
      @ggMwaniki Год назад +10

      I think that's just more down to compatibility, personality and chemistry between actors and directors. Statham and Ritchie, Tarantino and Sam L. Jackson are 2 pairs I can think of where I just know these guys have the time of their lives between shoots

  • @WaterCarrier07
    @WaterCarrier07 Год назад +13

    Watched Tenet last night, absolutely magic, underrated by many

    • @EvesGonnaEve
      @EvesGonnaEve Год назад

      I love Tenet and I'm hoping he does a part 2!

  • @GEMINIEARTHWALKER
    @GEMINIEARTHWALKER Год назад +7

    Nolan remains the only visualist to have shown me images that I have only seen in my imagination

  • @anubusx
    @anubusx Год назад +26

    I would love to see Nolan make a Bond film and a horror one.

  • @atripal-ig7il
    @atripal-ig7il Год назад +7

    Talking about Nolan, I will ask you to research on his layered scripts.
    It's happening every single time. U r going to watch a movie with some expectation, u r watching with another different goal, and at the end u just watch some movie u don't understand .
    Example 1 - in Interstellar, everyone was excited to see the blackhole scene, the main goal was to find a suitable planet, the solution of the equation, and after the end, the simplest idea was a story of father daughter relationship.
    Example 2 - in Inception, everyone was amazed to the concept of dreams within dreams. The main plot was to plant an idea, but at the end, the movie was simply about to let go off the dead wife and forgive yourself.
    In conclusion, Nolan's films are supposed to be big, detailed and complex. But inside the plot, there is a simple seed, a simple idea the actually makes the story relevant.

  • @mateosimon4237
    @mateosimon4237 Год назад +3

    Time was also an obsession for Borges, who happens to be one of Nolans favorite thinkers/writers

  • @nuclearnadal4601
    @nuclearnadal4601 Год назад +36

    Now let's do, Scorsese and his obsession with swear words 😆
    Anyways, I truly wish we have more filmmakers like Nolan, the way his movies make you think, make you broaden your horizons, the way he engages you into the stories, is just something else.

  • @Crocogator
    @Crocogator Год назад +4

    "Nope, he's chasing me." and 'waking up' in the shower, forgetting that he was hiding... Memento is such an amazing flick.

  • @aninjaguardian
    @aninjaguardian Год назад +8

    Christopher Nolan is a genius. The man deserves an oscar

  • @Shivas-cj7vr
    @Shivas-cj7vr Год назад +9

    Always glad I subscribed to this channel. Would love to see the evolutionary timeline of Batman characters from comic books to screen to film. Thanks for an awesome show.

  • @ryanhedgepeth4446
    @ryanhedgepeth4446 Год назад +2

    Was hoping you were going to add Oppenheimer’s time sequence up here but I’m guessing it is too soon , I have watched it 3 times and I still get a little confused with the time jumps in that movie 😂.

  • @jsauce8669
    @jsauce8669 Год назад +1

    Great vid! I liked insomnia because in that one the main character can’t sleep because the sun never goes down. Effectively making the day feel like it’s lasting forever and time is not changing even as characters go about their lives. 🎉

  • @neoluthuli3254
    @neoluthuli3254 Год назад +3

    Nolan's time impulsiveness is more interesting than the DCEU and the recent Marvel

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 Год назад +2

    "Time makes fools of us all."
    CN: "Yes... but no... but yes... but no... but yes..."

  • @astelevey
    @astelevey Год назад +5

    Even Insomnia uses time in its central narrative. Losing sleep means experiencing all the time available, and how going through that effects the mind and body. Time is relative, and being awake for days would feel very slow and be a detriment, which is what the film shows.

  • @jasonshaw2065
    @jasonshaw2065 Год назад +1

    Great video thanks. I guess no one will fault you for skipping Insomnia. But that one also does some clever flashbacks and portrays the blurring of time we experience from lack of sleep.

  • @Spazzboy911
    @Spazzboy911 8 месяцев назад +3

    Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
    Soren Kierkegaard

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex Год назад +2

    Other 2 filmmakers worth of style analysis: Guy Ritchie and Luc Besson 👌

  • @tommymiller5008
    @tommymiller5008 Год назад +4

    Nolan is my favorite director

  • @Blankford777
    @Blankford777 Год назад +1

    Time and time travel are some of my favorite elements in movies and why I love Nolan and James Cameron so much. Memento still makes my brain hurt but not in a bad/annoying way like Tenet. IMHO, Inception and Interstellar strike that perfect balance between high concept, action and character. We relate and root for Cobb and Cooper. Nobody really cares about the protagonist in Tenet, they didn't even bother giving him a name, family, background or motivation. I know that Nolan is all about the "concept" so whoever is in the script room or on set pushing Nolan to add more character and story, give that guy a raise.

  • @EastyyBlogspot
    @EastyyBlogspot Год назад +2

    If he ever did a film about clocks i would say it is about time

  • @balpreetsingh6834
    @balpreetsingh6834 Год назад +7

    As per other creators and their muses, please cover Tarantino and his obsession with female feet

  • @uninstaller2860
    @uninstaller2860 Год назад +1

    Watching a Nolan movie is time well spent

  • @bensaret
    @bensaret Год назад +1

    My personal favorite twin stories were tv shows: Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Both very similar in their epic scope yet creating their own strong, respective universes.

  • @Eiser9_
    @Eiser9_ Год назад

    Thisbis a concept for a Video essay that i have had on the back burner for YEARS
    Of course it would be Nerdstalgic that put it together
    LOVE the video ❤

  • @mirosgerg
    @mirosgerg 9 месяцев назад +1

    I recently watched The Prestige great movie

  • @Malum09
    @Malum09 Год назад +1

    I always thought that what Nolan does is Play with the Perception of Reality and because time is Part of the reality that’s what he “plays” the most with.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 Год назад +6

    Very inherently interesting director

  • @eraldylli
    @eraldylli Год назад +1

    Word of the day? "Eschew"

  • @ileutur6863
    @ileutur6863 Год назад +1

    I've never found the "cold and emotionless" characters in Nolan movies a problem in any way. People these days care way too much about origins, motivations and that goddamn relatability.
    Its the Marvel poison leaking out of superhero movies and into everything else.

  • @sebastienr7852
    @sebastienr7852 Год назад

    6:30 i think you mean the beginning of each scene acts as the ending to the next

  • @wolfranga8477
    @wolfranga8477 Год назад

    Time is everything it shapes our lives, but perhaps we can shape IT.

  • @gokhanersan8561
    @gokhanersan8561 Год назад +2

    Messing with linear chronology is a good tool to mask poorly written scripts. Audience won’t have a chance to discover the plot holes.

  • @maryjanerx
    @maryjanerx Год назад

    So timely!!! Ive been rewatching momento so much I finally got frustrated that they never bothered to give his wife a name, and no one even asked!!!!

  • @bmbpets4861
    @bmbpets4861 Год назад +1

    Great video! Nolan is my favorite director ever

  • @nickfleece5562
    @nickfleece5562 Год назад

    You misspoke on Memento. The beginning of each scene acts as the ending of the next.

  • @kokomanation
    @kokomanation Год назад

    They must make him a cover of Time magazine

  • @TheWindwalker085
    @TheWindwalker085 5 месяцев назад

    I love Christopher Nolan, I've watched all his movies, but Inception is not original. Idea of entering peoples minds was already done in Satoshi Kon's Paprika from 2006. Definite recommendations for it.

  • @insane__professional
    @insane__professional Год назад

    Thank you for this video. You're awesome 👌🏽

  • @Clayray94
    @Clayray94 Год назад

    In regards to The Prestige, SPOILER for The Prestige do not read if you want to watch it, it's worth noting that the story telling there also isn't told linearly as the bulk of the movie is told through the two main character reading each others journals/diaries at different points in their lives and how the reality of the story alters once we see the vail of lies the story is told through as both diaries are a deception. Man that movie is so freaking good!

  • @benjaminblanchard-saiger2900
    @benjaminblanchard-saiger2900 Год назад

    “But where’s his brother?” Shout out to Jonathan too.

  • @rahulray9983
    @rahulray9983 Год назад

    You should make a video on the unexpected success of RRR in the Western market....

  • @GrendelMTL
    @GrendelMTL Год назад

    23 YEARS AGO!? 😅 I feel old now 😔

  • @alanandersen6770
    @alanandersen6770 Год назад +1

    Say eschewing one more time

  • @glennac
    @glennac Год назад

    It’s time (see what I did there?) for Nolan to do a Monster movie. A giant monster arrives from the future and terrorizes a city or region. A team must go into the future to figure out how to prevent the monster from arriving in the first place.

  • @BouncyKnight720
    @BouncyKnight720 Год назад

    Good analysis

  • @Adam-jw3uz
    @Adam-jw3uz Год назад

    I feel like a lot of the blame can fall on Warner Bros. They've been creatively bankrupt for decades and just constantly remake, rerelease, and rehash Batman, Scooby Doo, and Harry Potter over and over for all eternity because it's comfort food for everyone

  • @martinsochor4461
    @martinsochor4461 Год назад

    Wonderful video!

  • @AhmadAneeq
    @AhmadAneeq Год назад

    Hey, Nerdstalgic! Where is the old voice guy, I want him back!!!

  • @DrewTaylor246
    @DrewTaylor246 Год назад

    “Eschewing”

  • @Gettinsketchyonbourbon
    @Gettinsketchyonbourbon Год назад

    ‘Interstellar’ was definitely his peak

  • @luisandresguevararamirez2905
    @luisandresguevararamirez2905 Год назад

    Drinking game: take a shot every time the narrator says "time".

  • @seanbaugh3239
    @seanbaugh3239 Год назад

    Christopher Nolan is obviously obsessed just like everybody else. Everyone knows that Thyme can be used fresh or dried, and works well in soups, roasted vegetables, pasta, sauces pizzas and more! 🍲😋.... 😳
    *The More You Know 🌈🌟©️*
    *"NUFF SAID"™️*

  • @nightmayor6114
    @nightmayor6114 Год назад

    Dead or Living, Human or Non Human, Black or White no matter the classification, Time rules all from the speck of dust on the ground to the furthest corner of the universe. Time bends to no one. That description does make it a thing to obsess over

  • @subhankashif4291
    @subhankashif4291 Год назад

    i wanna see a nolan movie based on DARK

  • @HarvestStore
    @HarvestStore Год назад

    Great video.

  • @ratulhasan165
    @ratulhasan165 Год назад

    Its a style he has mastered

  • @Federe76
    @Federe76 Год назад

    A study on Michael Bay's muse; explosions.

  • @alexanderwinn9407
    @alexanderwinn9407 Год назад

    Nolan's pre-occupation with time was cool for a while, but I'm getting sick of it. It's starting to feel less like a muse and more like an obsession.

  • @hbt5427
    @hbt5427 Год назад +2

    Christopher Nolan
    Quentin Tarantino
    Denis Villeneuve
    George Miller
    Martin Scorsese
    These are the best directors nowadays .... they're in an exceptionally high level of the movie industry.

  • @ThomasRobertsT2da
    @ThomasRobertsT2da Год назад

    Why no words for Insomnia?

  • @YouilAushana
    @YouilAushana Год назад

    Is "eschew" your new favorite word?

  • @j.k.1239
    @j.k.1239 10 месяцев назад

    Loved Tenet.Underrated movie.

  • @jeanm9538
    @jeanm9538 Год назад

    You forgot to say that was because his father used to beat him with a belt made out of time

  • @ciaranmurren
    @ciaranmurren Год назад

    Hands up who knew the beach scenes take place over a week?

  • @TomJones-wx5on
    @TomJones-wx5on Год назад

    Yea can you cover Denis Villeneuve’s obsession with making fucking banger movies

  • @jorgereyna1796
    @jorgereyna1796 Год назад +1

    Christ Nolan

  • @LewDog053
    @LewDog053 Год назад

    Was eschewed your word of the day on your calendar?

  • @DOC_951
    @DOC_951 Год назад

    I think he’s obsessed with *bohhhhhhhhnnnngggghh*

  • @earth4.081
    @earth4.081 Год назад

    Remeber to seal the Deal with 60:40 ratio with me directly, till you are alive - and it's last Warning/Signal, Thank You

  • @realfitzmarker
    @realfitzmarker Год назад

    Here an idea for a potential Nolan film with the theme of time.
    The film focuses on a newly recruited agent who discovers a top-secret device that allows him to time swap with himself. He teams up with his older self to prevent an uprising that threatens to destroy the timeline.

  • @Luke_E_Babyy
    @Luke_E_Babyy 11 месяцев назад

    Because of Seneca

  • @PolarisCastillo
    @PolarisCastillo Год назад

    *Time to go mobile.*

  • @giodhuha6771
    @giodhuha6771 Год назад

    I hope Nolan doesn't trapped in his own time.

  • @KP9393
    @KP9393 Год назад

    Did you just learn what the word eschew means

  • @bobz1736
    @bobz1736 Год назад

    Insomnia ???

  • @hsm4983
    @hsm4983 Год назад

    Creator muses: Spielberg & his parents, Bay & American commercials, Quinton Tarantino and women's feet

  • @Zeppelinschaffner22
    @Zeppelinschaffner22 Год назад

    Tarantino and Feet. 😅

  • @hakaigonzalez7253
    @hakaigonzalez7253 Год назад

    I did not enjoy his jumping around bull in oppenheimer.

  • @panderjitsinghvv8199
    @panderjitsinghvv8199 Год назад

    I just wish he’d watch a few movies before making any more.

  • @tonymoore78
    @tonymoore78 Год назад

    Sounds like this episode’s writer learned a new word recently. I heard “eschewing” far too many times in less than 10 minutes.

  • @crazytutosgamesactus5810
    @crazytutosgamesactus5810 Год назад

    The thumbnail is wrong, that's not how you write tities

  • @user-gj1zp3tg1i
    @user-gj1zp3tg1i Год назад

    Seal the Deal today itself directly with me, I am read o Surrender if anybody/everybody want to ask any questions? Jai Hind, Long Live America, Long Live Soviets

  • @WitchMaster-vi4kp
    @WitchMaster-vi4kp Год назад

    bcz he's old

  • @MarkLaw13
    @MarkLaw13 Год назад

    Nolan is trying to play God but no matter how he tries he's never right but rather a concept.
    He can't make a film intellectually sound without a twist or completed ending
    Always leavinng it to the audience.
    If he does James Bond. It will be frustrating not having an ending

  • @KakosBananas
    @KakosBananas Год назад +1

    Nolan is a very good director, except when trying to spread his political messages

  • @RehanRC
    @RehanRC Год назад

    Christopher Nolan films are BORING.

    • @JohnCage77
      @JohnCage77 Год назад +4

      Do you need family guy clip under the movie to be entertained?

  • @marknielsbeats
    @marknielsbeats Год назад +3

    Because time is the greatest antagonist

  • @Manx123
    @Manx123 Год назад

    Would be better if he were obsessed with better scripts lol

  • @CamiloNavajas
    @CamiloNavajas Год назад

    Today te lo.resumo Will publish a video about Christopher filmography what a happy coincidence

  • @saukash
    @saukash 11 месяцев назад

    This video hasn't got enough love. Thank you for putting it out. I, sorry, 𝐖𝐞* appreciate it.