All-Encompassing Christopher Nolan Discussion Thread

[Hurm...]

I would want to see Nolan pull a Barry Lyndon and explore the 18th century.

AND I want to see a Nolan epic set in ancient times.

 

[redhawk23]

sad to see Nolan's career tank like this, he really did have great potential as a director

I guess next he'll be co-directing a low-budget suspense thriller with M Night Shyamalan

 

[redhawk23]

Isn't Cameron pretty big into documentary stuff? Heck, I think he is way more interested in deep sea diving than filmmaking these days.

Glad to see Nolan do something small. Hopefully the short documentary inspires him to go back to his roots. Something more on the scale of The Prestige would be nice to see.

Titanic was actually initially just a way to get a dive financed.

 

[Brother Jack]

I would want to see Nolan pull a Barry Lyndon and explore the 18th century.

Ya hit the nail on the head. A period thing like Michael Mann's Last of the Mohicans, something that might seem out of his wheelhouse but carries with it the elements typical of his whole body of work.

Course, he kind of already did that with The Prestige. And in a lot of ways Nolan isn't the kind of director to repeat himself.

 

[Hurm...]

Ya hit the nail on the head. A period thing like Michael Mann's Last of the Mohicans, something that might seem out of his wheelhouse but carries with it the elements typical of his whole body of work.

Course, he kind of already did that with The Prestige. And in a lot of ways Nolan isn't the kind of director to repeat himself.

Yessss, The Last of the Mohicans is a goddamn masterpiece in my eyes.

 

[titansupes]

The Nolan Quay short documentary, among the others, will be on Bluray October 20th.

 

[Filmfan93]

sad to see Nolan's career tank like this, he really did have great potential as a director

I guess next he'll be co-directing a low-budget suspense thriller with M Night Shyamalan

What? Are you really serious here? Nolan career is at it's peak. Every single movie of his, has been both a box-office and critical success. (except Memento and Insomnia, which were only critical success, but this is reasonable, since it was the start of Nolan's career). He is one of Hollywood's most famous and original directors at the moment.

 

[Dr.]

What? Are you really serious here? Nolan career is at it's peak. Every single movie of his, has been both a box-office and critical success. (except Memento and Insomnia, which were only critical success, but this is reasonable, since it was the start of Nolan's career). He is one of Hollywood's most famous and original directors at the moment.

Memento made money. And Insomnia (at worst) broke even.

 

[Schlosser85]

I guess I missed when Nolan's career tanked....

 

[:eek:]

Memento had a $9 million budget and made almost $40 million worldwide. Insomnia had a $46 million budget and made over $113 million worldwide. And these movies probably made a lot more on DVD/Blu-ray sales and rentals after Nolan had his big breakthrough...

 

[DeGenerate10]

Is Nolan currently working on any movies?

 

[DA_Champion]

Is Nolan currently working on any movies?

We only know about Quay.

 

[I Am The Knight]

It's time to accept the times, folks. Nolan's career has tanked. He'll be lucky to be offered the chance to direct The Prestige 2: Attack of the Clones. DTV, of course.

 

[titansupes]

ThePhantasm has baited his trap well, it seems...

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I think the dude was being sarcastic. You guys are crying more than BvS board regulars.

 

[Filmfan93]

Memento had a $9 million budget and made almost $40 million worldwide. Insomnia had a $46 million budget and made over $113 million worldwide. And these movies probably made a lot more on DVD/Blu-ray sales and rentals after Nolan had his big breakthrough...

I meant that Memento wasn't a big box office success, compared to Nolan's late movies (TDK, Inception, etc). Imagine if Memento was done now, it would make a lot of money, based on Nolan's already proved name.

 

[Squaremaster316]

Memento made over 4 times its budget and was an independent release with a very small marketing push. Hell, it made more than Serenity despite that film having gobs of publicity pushed about it.

Nolan has never made a film that hasn't been critically well received and profitable, and he's almost got 10 under his belt. That, in a nutshell, is why he has received so much acclamation over the years.

 

[Doctor Jones]

My God. I was going to call Nolan a hack sarcastically but I don't know if people could read sarcasm when it comes to Chris Nolan.

 

[redhawk23]

Its Poe's Law man.

 

[redfirebird2008]

The Prestige 2: Attack of the Clones

I'd pay to see that. t:

 

[BatLobster]

It's time to accept the times, folks. Nolan's career has tanked. He'll be lucky to be offered the chance to direct The Prestige 2: Attack of the Clones. DTV, of course.

It took a second to hit me, but I just got why that's an awesome joke. Well played.

 

[titansupes]

I think the dude was being sarcastic. You guys are crying more than BvS board regulars.

I like that people are still falling for it, even though it was made pretty clear on the previous page.

 

[Snow Queen]

Happy birthday to Nolan.

 

[ThePhantasm]

What? Are you really serious here? Nolan career is at it's peak. Every single movie of his, has been both a box-office and critical success. (except Memento and Insomnia, which were only critical success, but this is reasonable, since it was the start of Nolan's career). He is one of Hollywood's most famous and original directors at the moment.

I guess I missed when Nolan's career tanked....

 

[titansupes]

Happy birthday to Nolan.

Indeed, happy birthday to him.