Christopher Nolan Interview | Retirement, 'Oppenheimer,' Ridley Scott Stories & More
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Filmmaker Christopher Nolan joins ReelBlend for an interview featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the making of Oppenheimer (starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr.), how his journey with IMAX has grown since The Dark Knight, idolizing Sir Ridley Scott, whether or not he plans to retire early and more.
Our review of the film will be held until its theatrical release next week. That episode will also feature our interview with Barbie's director Greta Gerwig, so stay tuned to our feed for more.
This week, we feature our review of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1. Does the film continue the franchise's staggering streak of great action flicks or does it fall short?
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:26 - Christopher Nolan Interview
00:30:44 - Behind The Interview - Christopher Nolan
00:49:44 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 Review (Spoiler-Free)
00:56:53 - Spoilers!
01:15:19 - Outro
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Nolan is the reason I fell in love with the art of filmmaking. He bridged the gap between big budget blockbusters and pure cinema. He’s my favorite filmmaker of all time and he deserves all the recognition for pioneering so much we enjoy at the movies.
What did he pioneer?
I will never forget the moment in my midnight IMAX showing when the screen opened up on those sky scrapers and the entire audience gasping and grasping their seats as if they we're going to fall off. That was remarkable
I'm sorry... saying "pioneering so much we enjoy at the movies" feels unfair to me. Nolan has a ton of idols such as Michael Mann for example. What about Steven Spielberg? He's the one who pioneered the blockbuster in 1975 and has kept his blockbuster films human all the decades of his career. I do understand you love Nolan's filmmaking but calling him a pioneer like that disregards too much of cinema history before him.
I'd say he's pioneered the use of IMAX in blockbuster filmmaking
Pure cinema? Cinema is cinema. No need to be pretentious. And that bridge bs u said doesnt even make any sense. Youre implying that big budget movies are all bad
Christopher Nolan is my all time favorite auteur filmmaker. Its always amazing to see him just speak at any length
Honestly this is the one of the few interviews I have seen Nolan, I want to say, relaxed and enjoying the conversation. Something that's very difficult to achieve. Kudos to Reel Blend for making it happen with excellent questions based on love for film and knowledge.
That’s the best compliment. Thank you!
This is the only interview that Christopher Nolan did for Oppenheimer that I enjoyed. And, I think it is because you guys are genuine fans and not just a reporter doing it because it's their job.
I hope he keeps going into his 80s like Scorsese, Eastwood and Ridley Scott. His movies defined my adolescence. I might cry when he retires and/or dies.
This is the BEST interview of Christopher Nolan I've ever seen! Hats off!
Wow. Thank you very much!!
@@seanoconnell2073 Absolutely! The dynamic between the 3 of you works so perfectly that it almost feels like the content wouldn't have the same charm if even one of you were missing. Great stuff!
Christopher Nolan is my favorite director of all time. He changed my life. Interstellar is my favorite film of all time. This next week is gonna be big for me rewatching his films getting ready for Oppenheimer and I’m just so happy that I was born in the era he’s making movies. What he has done for cinema is amazing. I hope he continues to keep making the greatest movies of all time and proving to people cinema is here to stay and will forever be here. Thank you Universal for allowing our beloved reelblend co-hosts interview this great man because there truly is no one else who can interview them other than these boys. Oppenheimer!
Agree on everything you said. Nolan is truly someone special.
But remember it based real story of necler boom so mind it's Hiroshima and Nagasaki if it's anything wrong then massage for bad... I am asian I know main stream media cover MI7 but it's sure anything wrong then CN mejority fan loose
Intersteallar is also my favourite film of all time, just few things came close to it in last 9 years.
@@r.k.m9801 you dont need to worry :)
i could have written the exact same. Im so thankfull there are so many people who think just like me and have the same taste of peak cinema :)
Just watched the interview portion and it was incredible. You all did a great job and asked very smart questions. I would love to see Hoyte van Hoytema (or Rodrigo Prieto for Barbie) on the show!
Gotta get Hoyte and Ludwig if they can. I'd even be interested in an interview with his new editor, Jennifer Lame.
@@MaxwellSmartOddy Agreed! I'd love to hear an interview with Jennifer or Ludwig.
We should show gratitude that we get to exist at the same time as Christopher Nolan does while he contributes to cinema it really is a privilege to admire this mans career in real time, because one day I really believe we will look back at his career the same way we have with Kubrick and Hitchcock, he's just a filmmaking genius.
It’s exciting to see Christopher Nolan returning to being unrestrained by a PG rating. To me it’s always felt as if he has the potential to live up to the reputations of the filmmakers you mentioned, but as he mentions in this interview, he’s having to find various ways to mould his movies to reach a younger or wider audience. This is something that many of the other filmmakers we consider greats (certainly the ones you mentioned) didn’t do, and in many cases actively worked against.
Even Steven Spielberg has produced a number of r rated films!
It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out with him and his collaborators, in his words, being able to tell the story however they see fit.
I feel he has the fan base now to be able to do whatever he wants and my personal hope is that he continues in that direction.
@@btn237 I certainly get where you are coming from but the reason Nolan has worked within that age rating for so long is the main reason why his films are so successful, he wouldn’t had been given the opportunity to make the films he has if they didn’t make a return which they all have, even Tenet which everyone says was his flop is just false because it still eventually made its money back and considering it was at the height of a pandemic that is still blood good going. But I agree going back to films like Memento and Insomnia I’ve always wanted to see Nolan go back to those thriller routes so I’m undoubtedly excited about Oppenheimer and maybe this could be the film that gives him even more creative freedom than he already has.
Well done guys love your work and passion. Never let it die. Great questions. One of the best interviews I have seen with Nolan. My wish is to be lucky as you to meet him one day. I have so much respect for what he does. A modern day great. His work is timeless.
Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for consistently having amazing interviews. Probably my favourites on the platform.
Thank YOU for watching!
This interview was beautiful! So happy for the trio! Hope he comes back again.
You guys are my favorite people to watch. It’s like hanging around with my best friends and talking about the thing we love: movies and movie making. I iust want to say how much I appreciate and love this channel, the effort you all put in, the love that goes into these interviews. Even tho I don’t live even remotely close to you all (The Netherlands), I can feel it. I think we all can. Thank you for being such an integral and beautiful part of my life. Keep up the great work. Cheers
Nolan proved himself, simply the greatest, and as time goes by a legend in film making. he can stop now, were just lucky his continuing to make.
Fastest 23 minutes of my life, absolute blast of an interview
That was a brilliant interview. Finally some in-depth filmmaking questions that are so often lacking from other interviewers. You guys are awesome and done absolutely perfect here. Let’s hope you can get another sit down with him and go even longer next time. Great work.
Nolan is very much like Leone when it comes to music in his films, can’t wait for Oppenheimer. Best working filmmaker today!
Great interview! Thank you. Also noticed loved how Nolan went straight to his tea flask as soon as the interview ended
He definitely sipped off it during the talk!
What an epic episode of the podcast! If I can only see one movie in July, it would have to be Oppenheimer. Nolan is an all-time great director. I can't wait to see Oppenheimer in Imax, I haven't been to an Imax theater before. Safe to say, I'm pumped for it!!
best interview I've seen of him so far. good job team
What a GREAT interview! Great questions and great interactions... Also loved the BTS from the interview Lol! Nice job guys.
You know this was going to be one of those episodes that just keeps on giving...with Nolan and MI review. Just enjoyed watching our guys in room with Nolan.Respect.Also shout out to @Jakestakes for mentioning what covid has done to dead reckoning. In all honesty of things...it's incredible that this movie exists after all the ups and down.Credits Mr Cruz.
But mind it's this movie real story of necler boom what happened Hiroshima and Nagasaki hole Asia now enjoy MI7 but anything wrong CN it's big problem
You guys always manage to get the best out of the person you are interviewing. I admire your talent for highlighting the technical aspects, as well as incorporating light-hearted and fun questions. It makes your videos both informative and entertaining.
We try our best! We just love doing it. Hopefully our passion shines through.
@@seanoconnell2073 it really does!! thanks for replying.
Fantastic interview
Nice job as always guys, hope this podcast loves forever! Can't wait for your thoughts on Oppenheimer!
I love EVERYTHING about this interview AND this podcast! Love you guys!!!
“Everybody wants to be me I want to be you” James Cameron on the great Ridley Scott
Love that Kevin keeps doing the imax thing
Such a fantastic interview that spurred Nolan onto more specific, interesting answers because of your excellent questions.
Inception is still his masterpiece. If Oppenheimer changes that I'll gladly admit it. Can't wait to see it.
#ITHAPPENED WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH REELBLEND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FOR JOINING THIS BELOVED PODCAST!!! DUNKIRK! And for the big one next week. OPPENHEIMER!!!
It happened. We can't believe it. But it happened.
It’s a two edged sword.. with showing how much time they put into a single stunt.. it kind of gets people to appreciate just how much friggin time went into this movie.. I never would’ve guessed they actually built two enormous ramps.. one for Tom just to test his jump before he got to the mountain!
I can't wait, to watch Oppenheimer twice in Imax, next week!
For July, it’s Oppenheimer and it’s not even close. Nolan has earned my undivided interest and attention at this point. Also, I see where you guys are coming from but I like the new Mission significantly more I think. That 2:45:00 runtime went by in a blink and I was totally onboard. Great show as always!
If I could only see one movie in July, it would've been "Oppenheimer". The reason - your interview of this episode is the answer 😜
Re: Kevin’s point on the back catalogue, I did this during COVID. Listened to every episode. This was before a ton of the major interviews, but that experience made it so that I never missed or will miss an episode moving forward. Highly recommend.
We are happy to have you!
Perfect interview guys!!!
Man it takes for-e-ver for these guys to make a point and get through a story.
This was a smashingly good interview interview with Christopher Nolan! Your behind the scenes story was the cherry on top. Of course he responded by talking to you and enjoying talking about his work. When I was taught to interview, we called that point you identified where Mr. Nolan smiled and sat back the "critical shift." That is the point where the interviewee body language changes and she/he trusts you for a good conversation. Bravo guys! Best Nolan interview I have seen! (Pretty amazing transitions from question to question, also! )
was waiting for this interview for a long time
Hope it lives up
Really enjoyed the interview! I liked the question on theory vs actually doing something. I resonated with that as I’ve considered making some kind of movie but haven’t yet.
Also, I’d have to go with Oppenheimer because whereas I’m excited about Barbie…I was not initially. As soon as I started hearing about the cast list for Oppenheimer, I was pumped and hadn’t seen a trailer.
I miss Nolan's audio commentaries. I would kill for commentaries on the TDK trilogy.
Fantastic interview!!!!
Really great interview. I just wish it was longer and more in depth. I'm sure you guys had more questions you wanted to ask... especially Kevin. If I had to pick one movie. it's Oppenheimer for sure! I know it will be really powerful with it's visuals and storytelling. Sound design and score will be really powerful too. Can't wait to see it in IMAX 70mm in less than a week!
Not gonna listen until I watch the film next week! But so happy that you had Nolan on the show again
Oppenheimer is the only movie I want to see in July, cause I love that time period of history and I’m reading the audiobook it’s a great fascinating story
Great interview. Thanks for doing it!
So happy you guys didn’t hold this interview top 5 favorite interviews of Mine keep it up I know how much of a big get this was and thanks for doing it each week and keep it up guys
Great interview and episode!
One of Nolans best interviews!
Kudos guys, you did ask some great questions in the interview
I’ll be seeing Barbie this July. It looks funny, satirical, and irreverent…all things I love. And as a former physicist, I think I’ll need breaks to get through all the emotions that are going to come up during Oppenheimer.
Excellent interview of the best director ever! Thank you. Nolan is my main inspiration for filmmaking.
Yes, Nolan is my favorite director of all time with Scorsese, Villeneuve, Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Tarantino and PTA
Like always thank you Guys! This is so pure of a interview. Very insightful from a movie fan perspective..I would ask the some of the same ~questions if had a chance!! Thank you Reel Blend ❤
Really glad you enjoyed it!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GUYS!!!!
Really cool interview! Thank you.
EPIC
Fantastic Nolan interview! Also have the same thoughts on Dead Reckoning, thought I was the only person who had it near the bottom of my MI rankings but sounds like y’all are in the same boat.
Great first question!
Great Nolan interview! I definitely have not seen him so relaxed before so that was great, as a casual outside observer sometimes I get worried that these savants are so deep into their craft that they sometimes forget to just enjoy themselves and appreciate how they make the audience feel. I have my tickets for the midnight opening of Oppenheimer next week and I cannot wait.
As for MI7, I saw it last night for the 2nd time, sucks that it and Oppenheimer come out so closely because it means MI7 only has a week in IMAX screenings. I was disappointed by the movie, even though objectively it's really good. Fallout was incredible to me so I was expecting that + more, but this couldn't reach those heights. The villain(s) didn't do much for me, there weren't as many stunts as I was expecting, and idk it felt like it was missing something. I enjoyed it more the second time but to me this is an 8 while Fallout is a 9.5.
Luckily I only watched the teaser and none of the main trailers because they ended up giving a lot away, it would've hampered my experience even more. I'm hoping they can bounce back with the 8th installment because if they do I think it might be the greatest action movie series we've ever had, this movie and MI2 notwithstanding
Awesome job dudes
Nolan is the man!
My father had a model of the Fat Man bomb that sat on his desk and when I was 6, I asked him what it was. He told me about Oppenheimer and he became a hero of mine. My younger brother (who now has the Fat Man model on his desk after my father's passing 6 years ago) and I are looking forward to seeing it together
best nolan press i’ve seen so far
I've already seen it but definitely for July it was Mission Impossible! No spoilers but I agree with what you guys said in your reviews as well.
Love all your content..thank you for that interview . Also love Nolan..
Watched Dead Reckoning I love the film. The story with AI did not disappoint specially with all the crazy things it can do now… they did release too much before the movie but personally did not take away from my enjoyment of the movie..
great stuff
Very interesting chat about IMAX, i'll have to watch it in 70mm
Best part of the episode... The Whataburger take down. 😂😂😂 Bland burger is indeed bland. :) Whatchathink of In N Out burgers? 😊😊😊
Still not ready for the Nolan interview.
Would love for you to interview more DPs, like Hoytema; the Last of Us DP interview is one of the best and more revealing of the film making process.
If i can only see one movie in July, it would be Oppenheimer, because Nolan is a fave and i have to see it on IMAX as intended.
Mission impossible was incredible
And Oppenheimer as well
Both are better than Barbie
You guys are like little kids in a candy store in front of Nolan... ;). Love Christopher Nolan...Oppenheimer was simply the best movie of the year thanks to Cillian, Nolan, Emma, and everybody else that was part of the movie !!👌💚
Dead Reckoning is currently holding a 96% critic rating and a 95% audience rating. It is super interesting to hear how un-spectacular the general consensus of their reviews are. I can't think of a movie that held such a high rating across critics and audiences where everyone on the reelblend podcast wasn't overwhelmingly positive about it.
Yeah but that's the nature of RT scores. It's just not representative. The percentage is defined by the amount of reviews that give the movie at least a 5.5/10, which counts as a positive review. That's why the scores are so high and why RT is a very faulty metric to judge movies. Hardly any reviewer is gonna give this film 1 or 2 stars, because the sheer filmmaking skill involved that everyone can see. I guess the review from everyone on this podcast would also probably fall in the positive side on RT. It's just fucked up everyone clings to that score when it is almost meaningless, it only gives a very general indication whether a movie is at least a little bit watchable.
@@illuvattar I certainly don't rely on RT but it's very rare for a summer blockbuster to score high 90's across critics and audience. It sounds like most of the aspects of making a great film are present which lead to its largely universal positive reviews. I didn't listen to their spoiler section of the review but I imagine its the story that isn't up to par with previous instalments since the stunts never disappoint.
I completely agree that they showed too much on the making of Mission Impossible so much because of all the Covid drama where usually I would not know about these stunts. I think because too much news got out because of Covid it made the film less impressive in the theaters because the behind the scenes stories was more interesting than the film.
Indiana on June 30th, MI in July, and then Oppenheimer in August. All will be in theaters.
Also, Oppenheimer is the easy answer, though this is truly one of the best cinematic months in quite a long time.
I flew to London two hours to watch man of steel because it was released one month earlier and IMAX what did not exist in Germany that time, in the meantime there are
Kevin and jake calling Sean a few hours before oppenheimer screening " Hey, you think you gonna arrive for the test? It's gonna go off in 3 hours. Clock's ticking mate "
I would want to watch Barbie. Seems like it's goimg to be more 'unique' and it's going to be fun to see with an audience (I actually usually don't care for the shared experience).
In need an 2+ hour interview with Hoyte and Ludwig, and then i will have peace for eternety :.D
I really liked the Mission Impossible movie. Disappointed to see Sean's low score. I give it 4 out of 5 stars. It's running neck and neck with John Wick 4 right now as my favorite movie of 2023. I think both movies could have chopped off 15 to 30 minutes and been better for it IMO. Really looking forward to seeing Oppenheimer. That movie along with Dune Part 2 are my most anticipated movies of 2023.
Where are all the sets from Christopher Nolan's films? This would be the coolest attraction in the world! Imagine: riding on the Endurance spacecraft or the Interstellar planes, visiting Cooper's house, hanging in the Tesseract like the main character, driving the Batmobile and having a drink in its cave, walking through the spinning room in Inception, strolling through the town of Oppenheimer. Just imagine. Where is all of this?
Hope we get a game next week
Father of modern cinema
David Keighley is a fucking rock star! You need to get him on the show and we need a heads up for all the nerdy questions.
I'm going to copy that line..... As one of my mantra....... theory will only take you so far..
I always want to ask nolan why he still not use dolby atmos or dts x,
particularly on blu rays.
Such a great question by the man to the left at the beginning of the Nolan interview.
Thanks so much. And thanks for watching!
@@seanoconnell2073 loved that you asked about Ludwig, too!
Anyone got time stamp for Ridley Scott
Who let one rip at 21:34
So, what'd y'all think of the interview?
Great interview. You had a nice rapport. And you got a curse word out of him 😂
@@paulyd6372 As he points out, he was quoting Sir Ridley. Still, we'll take it
So dope u can tell Chris Nolan really likes you guys, maybe someday he will give us all the 1 hour interview!
@@joshbecker389 That's the dream
@@seanoconnell2073 Him becoming the 4/5th chair is the dream within a dream
Nolan tier list soon??
7:33
100% agree on what Gabe and Jake said about Mission. Having all the making of features released before the movie ruined it for me. There were no surprises, unlike Fallout.
Unfortunately, the only place showing Oppenheimer in 70mm Imax in Australia is a theatre in Melbourne, and I live in Brisbane lol. Do you guys think it's worth the flight?
I'm flying to Melbourne for DUNE Part 2, so, I'll get back to you in November haha :D
Dead Reckoning was an awesome time just from an entertainment standpoint, so I think you guys are a bit too harsh on it. Yeah, the story is not the most effective one, and a good point about that cliff jump. But seeing all this in Imax was breathtaking. The exposition is too much with stretched dialogues, and a bit of magic is off compared to other Mission Impossible movies. Still 8/10 for me.
You guys definitely need to rewatch MI7.
We’re all entitled to our opinions, but I truly think you guys missed the boat with MI7. I hope you rewatch it and do another video on it.
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Worst comes to worst, pop a few edibles before hand.
Oppy is R rated? It's only 14A in Canada.
I think Dead Reckoning really got affected by shooting during covid. You could tell that a lot of coverage was shot separately, and as a result, I never felt like the movie settled into a groove. Luther and Benji basically had no character moments and they were serving the same purpose in this movie. And all their scenes/dialogue was repeating the same beat of explaining the entity and feelings of doom. Plus they really went overboard on the Dutch angles. It almost felt like a surrealist M:I movie and the whole thing played like a dream to me. Also, Ilsa deserved better and her death was too predictable. And hopefully they explain more about the villain in part 2. I thought Pom Klementieff was outstanding. A fully embodied physical performance deserving of awards recognition. I agree with Gabe, if you’re going to market the big stunt, don’t make it the climax. Make it the cold open (Rogue Nation) so then we’re like, “Okay! What now???” Anyway, I still had a decently good time with it, just a bit disappointed considering I really think the premise was great and the opening scene on the sub did a great job setting everything up.
Excellent points
I'd watch Barbie, the Kenergy will be unmatched 🤩🩷
Not one, not two but three.. to Interview Chris nolan.. Bloody hell!
I mean, we are the hosts of the Show
Great Interview guys, 4 days to go (I watch Oppenheimer on Thursday)!
NI7, agree with you the script was weak still better then Indy5 or the Flash.
MI7*