Why Christopher Nolan Is Obsessed With Time

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  • @RonReynolds
    @RonReynolds Рік тому +476

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

    • @Mariana16562
      @Mariana16562 Рік тому +6

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

    • @shaylxix
      @shaylxix Рік тому +2

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

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Рік тому +200

    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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 10 місяців тому

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

    • @Shadow-bs1iu
      @Shadow-bs1iu 29 днів тому

      Don’t forget Tenet!

  • @dipperdandy
    @dipperdandy Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +5

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

    • @rrbcraftergames3361
      @rrbcraftergames3361 Рік тому

      @@anthonymartensen3164 ye agreed

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz Рік тому +163

    Hollywood needs filmmakers like Nolan more than ever

    • @se7en910
      @se7en910 Рік тому

      ​@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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @fruehlingsobst8123
      @fruehlingsobst8123 Рік тому +2

      Wtf, how does diversity make movies better or worse?

    • @ofAwxen
      @ofAwxen Рік тому

      @@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 Рік тому

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

  • @Blitzo8390
    @Blitzo8390 Рік тому +43

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

  • @vanzc7920
    @vanzc7920 Рік тому +21

    Nolan deserves an Oscar. His movies are so good.

  • @adamgrose1
    @adamgrose1 Рік тому +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.

  • @quasinfinity
    @quasinfinity Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      Yes, I noticed it too

  • @anubusx
    @anubusx Рік тому +26

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

  • @GEMINIEARTHWALKER
    @GEMINIEARTHWALKER Рік тому +7

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

  • @WaterCarrier07
    @WaterCarrier07 Рік тому +13

    Watched Tenet last night, absolutely magic, underrated by many

    • @EvesGonnaEve
      @EvesGonnaEve Рік тому

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

  • @atripal-ig7il
    @atripal-ig7il Рік тому +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.

  • @tommymiller5008
    @tommymiller5008 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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

  • @aninjaguardian
    @aninjaguardian Рік тому +8

    Christopher Nolan is a genius. The man deserves an oscar

  • @mateosimon4237
    @mateosimon4237 Рік тому +3

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

  • @nuclearnadal4601
    @nuclearnadal4601 Рік тому +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.

  • @Shivas-cj7vr
    @Shivas-cj7vr Рік тому +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.

  • @Crocogator
    @Crocogator Рік тому +4

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

  • @Spazzboy911
    @Spazzboy911 11 місяців тому +3

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

  • @jsauce8669
    @jsauce8669 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +3

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

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 Рік тому +2

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

  • @jasonshaw2065
    @jasonshaw2065 Рік тому +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.

  • @tommymiller5008
    @tommymiller5008 Рік тому +4

    Nolan is my favorite director

  • @EastyyBlogspot
    @EastyyBlogspot Рік тому +2

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

  • @Blankford777
    @Blankford777 Рік тому +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.

  • @eraldylli
    @eraldylli Рік тому +1

    Word of the day? "Eschew"

  • @uninstaller2860
    @uninstaller2860 Рік тому +1

    Watching a Nolan movie is time well spent

  • @ryanhedgepeth4446
    @ryanhedgepeth4446 Рік тому +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 😂.

  • @astelevey
    @astelevey Рік тому +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.

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex Рік тому +2

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

  • @wolfranga8477
    @wolfranga8477 Рік тому

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

  • @bmbpets4861
    @bmbpets4861 Рік тому +1

    Great video! Nolan is my favorite director ever

  • @bensaret
    @bensaret Рік тому +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_ Рік тому

    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 11 місяців тому +1

    I recently watched The Prestige great movie

  • @maryjanerx
    @maryjanerx Рік тому

    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!!!!

  • @Malum09
    @Malum09 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +6

    Very inherently interesting director

  • @balpreetsingh6834
    @balpreetsingh6834 Рік тому +7

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

  • @benjaminblanchard-saiger2900

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

  • @insane__professional
    @insane__professional Рік тому

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

  • @kokomanation
    @kokomanation Рік тому

    They must make him a cover of Time magazine

  • @ileutur6863
    @ileutur6863 Рік тому +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.

  • @Gettinsketchyonbourbon
    @Gettinsketchyonbourbon Рік тому

    ‘Interstellar’ was definitely his peak

  • @Clayray94
    @Clayray94 Рік тому

    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!

  • @gokhanersan8561
    @gokhanersan8561 Рік тому +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.

  • @nickfleece5562
    @nickfleece5562 Рік тому

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

  • @martinsochor4461
    @martinsochor4461 Рік тому

    Wonderful video!

  • @glennac
    @glennac Рік тому

    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.

  • @seanbaugh3239
    @seanbaugh3239 Рік тому

    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"™️*

  • @GrendelMTL
    @GrendelMTL Рік тому

    23 YEARS AGO!? 😅 I feel old now 😔

  • @BouncyKnight720
    @BouncyKnight720 Рік тому

    Good analysis

  • @nightmayor6114
    @nightmayor6114 Рік тому

    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

  • @HarvestStore
    @HarvestStore Рік тому

    Great video.

  • @TheWindwalker085
    @TheWindwalker085 8 місяців тому

    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.

  • @sebastienr7852
    @sebastienr7852 Рік тому

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

  • @rahulray9983
    @rahulray9983 Рік тому

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

  • @AhmadAneeq
    @AhmadAneeq Рік тому

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

  • @ratulhasan165
    @ratulhasan165 Рік тому

    Its a style he has mastered

  • @Adam-jw3uz
    @Adam-jw3uz Рік тому

    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

  • @subhankashif4291
    @subhankashif4291 Рік тому

    i wanna see a nolan movie based on DARK

  • @Federe76
    @Federe76 Рік тому

    A study on Michael Bay's muse; explosions.

  • @alanandersen6770
    @alanandersen6770 Рік тому +1

    Say eschewing one more time

  • @DrewTaylor246
    @DrewTaylor246 Рік тому

    “Eschewing”

  • @ciaranmurren
    @ciaranmurren Рік тому

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

  • @TomJones-wx5on
    @TomJones-wx5on Рік тому

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

  • @jeanm9538
    @jeanm9538 Рік тому

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

  • @luisandresguevararamirez2905

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

  • @alexanderwinn9407
    @alexanderwinn9407 Рік тому

    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.

  • @ThomasRobertsT2da
    @ThomasRobertsT2da Рік тому

    Why no words for Insomnia?

  • @YouilAushana
    @YouilAushana Рік тому

    Is "eschew" your new favorite word?

  • @giodhuha6771
    @giodhuha6771 Рік тому

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

  • @hsm4983
    @hsm4983 Рік тому

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

  • @earth4.081
    @earth4.081 Рік тому

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

  • @panderjitsinghvv8199
    @panderjitsinghvv8199 Рік тому

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

  • @jorgereyna1796
    @jorgereyna1796 Рік тому +1

    Christ Nolan

  • @DOC_951
    @DOC_951 Рік тому

    I think he’s obsessed with *bohhhhhhhhnnnngggghh*

  • @LewDog053
    @LewDog053 Рік тому

    Was eschewed your word of the day on your calendar?

  • @hbt5427
    @hbt5427 Рік тому +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.

  • @Luke_E_Babyy
    @Luke_E_Babyy Рік тому

    Because of Seneca

  • @PolarisCastillo
    @PolarisCastillo Рік тому

    *Time to go mobile.*

  • @KP9393
    @KP9393 Рік тому

    Did you just learn what the word eschew means

  • @bobz1736
    @bobz1736 Рік тому

    Insomnia ???

  • @tonymoore78
    @tonymoore78 Рік тому

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

  • @j.k.1239
    @j.k.1239 Рік тому

    Loved Tenet.Underrated movie.

  • @hakaigonzalez7253
    @hakaigonzalez7253 Рік тому

    I did not enjoy his jumping around bull in oppenheimer.

  • @Zeppelinschaffner22
    @Zeppelinschaffner22 Рік тому

    Tarantino and Feet. 😅

  • @realfitzmarker
    @realfitzmarker Рік тому

    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.

  • @MarkLaw13
    @MarkLaw13 Рік тому

    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

  • @crazytutosgamesactus5810
    @crazytutosgamesactus5810 Рік тому

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

  • @WitchMaster-vi4kp
    @WitchMaster-vi4kp Рік тому

    bcz he's old

  • @BhaveshSingh-e5r
    @BhaveshSingh-e5r Рік тому

    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

  • @DinDagaw
    @DinDagaw Рік тому +1

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

  • @RehanRC
    @RehanRC Рік тому

    Christopher Nolan films are BORING.

    • @JohnCage77
      @JohnCage77 Рік тому +4

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

  • @marknielsbeats
    @marknielsbeats Рік тому +3

    Because time is the greatest antagonist

  • @Manx123
    @Manx123 Рік тому

    Would be better if he were obsessed with better scripts lol

  • @CamiloNavajas
    @CamiloNavajas Рік тому

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

  • @saukash
    @saukash Рік тому

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