17:31 Nolan talks about Sound and how important it is 23:31 I need to learn this. I gotta stop thinking about imaginary future projects when i haven't even thought about how I'm realistically going to make my first feature film.
Fantastic! It's great to hear such a widely renowned director talking about how he covers things up with editing. Such an honest interview. He doesn't seem pretentious at all.
Verkkariritari I just meant that Chris seemed pretty humble about the whole filmmaking processs. It's encouraging for an aspiring filmmaker like me because it lets me know that I don't have to be a mega genius to make films.
@@LaneCarter Well he also added that he wasn't formally trained, which may have been to his benefit. You're right tho! This also made me feel comfortable with the little I have, and I think that's his overall message with this. Do the best with what you've got, but continue to learn what could make it better without breaking your back (budget).
@Gunnar Thorstenson better than inception (I actually believe that), dunkirk, insomnia, all batman films except the dark knight and interstellar (ok, a good movie for the special effects and scientific achievements, but, coming from a mathematician, the overall story is just... ok)
Its always a treat to hear an individual, who is so highly regarded for the art he produces, to speak about the details of his craft. Thank you for this.
I'm 45. I was once fascinated enough by a guitar, that I practiced playing it for 2 or 3 months. Once I tried to learn Spanish, that lasted 2 or 3 months. Dido for painting and gardening. It absolutely blows my mind how people can get obsessed with something like film making (or art, or music, or programming) and it literally lasts their entire lives. Very fascinating breakdown of Christopher Nolan ❤
What keeps a filmmaker going is thinking that the next one will be their best film ever. I don’t care if you’re Spielberg, Scorsese, or Nolan. You think to yourself, “they haven’t seen anything yet.”
Such an amazing person. You can see how he understand and knows everything about every aspect of what he does. So brilliant and pleasant and polite and humble. Chris Nolan is the best director in the world. Climbed his way from a low budget film to enormous films.
Nolan is not the greatest director of all time, but his film record is speaks for itself. The man has never made a bad film, in fact I would argue that all his films are worth seeing given how short life is.
Such a brilliant, humble man. He doesn't look down on budget filmmakers, but truly just appreciates a story well told. That's what it's all about. I bet if you gave a lot of people twice the budget of what he spent on this film, they wouldn't come out with a product half as good.
I've found a copy of this film and watched it. Very well done. And was also surprised this was his first feature film before Memento which I also loved. Add to the fact Nolan never went to film school? Wow. Perhaps after Interstellar which I have yet to see he might go back to the small film format just to get a breather from the big blockbusters before making another one. But who knows. Nolan clearly knows what films he wants to film and what stories to tell. More power to him.
no other directors can do sequels lije christopher nolan, nolan did batman begins, and then did a masterful piece The Prestige, then he went back and did the dark knight, then he did inception, then went back and did TDK rises. no other director can do that, i mean even james cameron is shooting avatar back to back, nolan created one of the best trilogy and in between also produced two masterpieces of cenima the prestige and inception, he is the most versatile director right now
It's interesting that he made The Prestige after Batman Begins. "Theatricality & Deception" was taught to Batman in the first film, and it was a theme in The Prestige. Later Bane makes reference to it in the TDKR.
He is basically Albert Einstein of film making. He didn't learnt film making, filmatography embraced him be a medium to broadcast it's eloquent beauty.
A cunning man, got to give him credit for that. Not really a director, more like... a *magician*. _"The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige"._
I love interviews like this where they edit out the interviewers questions and allow the interviewee to really expand. Allows you to hear their authentic views in a relaxed way rather than being driven by an interviewers scripted narrative.
my favourite modern day director. also the way he talks about actually being present behind the lens of what he's filming a good film for me any how normally involves a psychological element of feeling like you're prying into someones life from a real medium like a camera and not just having very well set up shots that just explains the story ore cinematic objective. almost like a ghost was secretly watching them and that they carry on with there life oblivious to the camera not acting up to it just being in front of it as there life unfolds and i think someone who has the understanding from the simple end of the spectrum can then use more common ore professional camera techniques to emphasise certain parts of a film without it feeling like you're just watching a movie if you get my drift not a story made into a film but a story that happens to be filmed as if it would happen with ore without a medium to portray it i.e film.
15:53 The clock he sets on the table in "Following" is the same clock that is burned in "Memento". Also, notice that Cobb, one of the characters from "Following" shares the same name and similar characteristics (criminal, manipulative) as DiCaprio's character in "Inception".
So many great insights here. A director who has become one of the most successful and acclaimed of our age shedding light on his humble beginnings. Nolanites FTW!
Holy shit, thank you VICE for this. We need more of these one to ones with directors. Was absolutely gutted that Robert Rodriguez's El Rey network isn't making the video interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter and Quentin Tarantino, available in any form. Fortunately my other idol Chris Nolan decided to talk to VICE :)
@@adr1ano1987 🤣🤣🤣 his new movie the hollywood one was a sleeper fest, nolan movies rarely have any cursing he made movies in wide genres like biography, war, sci-fi, superhero, fantasy and most of the tarantino films are just dialogue heavy dramas
Warlicmaster I think it depends on what subjects you are trying to learn, and how fast. Also, where you want to work plays a major role. A creative field (Art, Design, Music, even Programming) requires a portfolio, so a degree is not as important. I could probably learn as much about medicine as my primary physician, but without those letters next to my name, I wouldn't be making the money. I'm currently teaching myself Industrial Design. It would be nice to have a teacher with years of experience show me my mistakes within 2 minutes instead of spending hours, or even days, figuring out what I did wrong.
@@taz1545 Honestly I loved Tenet but Momento, for me, was in a league of its own. Tenet is a major leap in terms of its concept (which I absolutely love btw), but Momento is so simple yet contains a similar (and relatable) complexity that makes it such an amazing Master Piece.
Not my favorite director but he is a filmmaker that really makes you think that Cinema is still as powerful as ever there are other as well but the list is long PTA, Tarantino, Scorsese, Xavier Dolan, Michael Haneke, Linklater, Jonathan Glazer, Steve McQueen i could go on with others.
What I love most about this video is you have a young Christopher Nolan who is fresh off those low budget films that is telling you how he did it and hasn’t forgotten that process. I’m not saying he’s entirely forgotten it, but as the decades go by and he’s accomplishing masterpiece after masterpiece on extreme budgets then I’m sure there becomes a distance. I worked four days on “The Dark Knight Rises.” The set was so over the top and we shot in IMAX. I remember thinking to myself “I wonder if he could ever go back and make a film on a $30M or less budget. I’d like to see him do that at this stage in his career.
quay quayy I admire Martin Scorsese's work but he's much older than Nolan. Chris is still on the eve of his greatest projects. Give him a few decades and I'm sure he'll make some amazing movies worthy of comparison to Scorsese's.
MadPropzBaller Depends. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs is crime drama, while Django Unchained is Western. Anyways all his movies are amazing.Inglorious Basterds and bot Kill Bill movies are worth mentioning too.
If you ask me, then the best directors we've seen, have never gone to filmschool: Nolan, Tarantino, James Cameron, George Miller, Stanley Kubrick there are far more, but this is just a few names. In fact many of those who did actually go to filmschool ended up dropping out of filmschool again. I think there seems to be a profound explanation that filmschools are too stricks and therefore eliminating the directors creative minds, while also not challeging them enough. I've seen 100 of horendous short films from filmschool students here in Denmark where I live and the worst thing about them is that they all look the same! Social realism dramas with no edge or desire to wauw the audience or be different, to stand out from the crowd. It's no wonder Denmark haven't produced a great director since Nicolas Winding Refn, who by the way, also never went to filmschool, he was enlisted at the Danish filmschool, but decided to try making a movie (Pusher) on his own. I don't know, but for some places, filmschool might be a disadvantage more than an advantage. At least my favorite directors didn't go to filmschool, so that's what I'll take from it - Learning by doing and don't watch never danish movies, cause they'll will bring your creativeness down as opposed to older ones who had stories to tell and desire to entertain. How's filmschool in the countries where the rest of you guys who watches and comments on this video lives??
+K XKX its still the same in the U.S. all the film schools make their students learn things in a certain way, therefore constricting their creative process. Complete rubbish, i'm currently enrolled in school for Digital Media but not film for that reason and make films on my own
+Vinny Banana Wow, you seem to love yourself quite a bit hahaha I think one of the most advantageous things about film school is being able to meet SO many people interested in film as you are. because after all, you can't make a film without an army. I do hope you have a chance to make your screenplay into a reality but I seriously hope you won't regard your crew as sheep. Know matter what, you absolutely can not make a film by yourself.
Film school in Los Angeles is interesting. You never know what someone will come up with. Some people are complete amateurs and only want an "easy A" so they produce really cringe worthy crap, and others are semiprofessionals who have actual experience and budget. This one guy made a sci-fi time travel film for his final and he rented a 10,000 dollar camera (not counting cost of lenses, etc.) and had his actor friend from a popular T.V. show star in it. Our professor was quite impressed and insisted he send it out to some film festivals. But generally the student films here aren't quite that fancy, some are, but it's a mixed bag. Some have a budget, but most don't. It's true, I don't think film school is necessary though, the important thing is the passion and desire to learn and improve.
At some point YES Film School does constrain you to do things the way the teachers think it should be the best way to be done acording to them. But also we're talking about art, your growth depends only on you. In my case I didn't know anywone in film industry, I knew nothing about filmmaking at all, I was all alone, so I can tell you I really needed the Film School, the personal guidance to start making my way, I've known many people, and I've learn the basics, film theory, film history, semiotic studies, literature, I have watched a lot of movies, learned rules of filmmaking, rules, I believe: knowing the rules in order to break them. All this knowledge is knowledge you won't get in the outside but inside the academy, and as I said I knew no one, and in time you can put aside your teachers, and you will continue your journey on your own (that's the idea), out of the "three or four years of constrain" -if you will-. And let your creativity explode to the world, remember that there are some pretty good filmmakers who went to Film School: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scrocese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas,... and so on. Not going to Film School won't make you an automatic great filmmaker, but also going to it won't make you an automatic failure.
Love every single movie he puts out!!! YES, even "The Dark Knight Rises", man why do people have to hate on that movie soo much. Saying it's a horrible film when they haven't even seen other comic book movies such as "Daredevil", "Catwoman", or must I say it "Steel".
It was my least favorite from the trilogy, but it was still a great film. I guess after Inception and The Dark Night I was expecting the world. I blame myself for over hyping it, I don't think anything could have met my expectations. But still, a great film.
Just saw following today! I really liked it! Christopher definitely develops his narrative and technical skills on this movie and it's truly inspiring for those who want to make a microbudget feature.
i have seen plenty of movies, different directors, Kubrick, Nolan, Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Lucas, Copolla, Tarantino, Coen, Scorsese but i have to say that this is the best film that i have ever seen. its a piece of art.
I love "Following" I found a copy on VHS in a secondhand store, years ago. It's up there with Mike Leigh's "Naked" as simple, brutal, elegant films. It comes together in pieces, a foreshadowing of "Memento" years later.
Almost all of my favorite directors have made amazing directorial debuts (Bottle Rocket, Shaun of the Dead, Take the Money and Run, Monty Python and the Holy Grail) except Kubrick strangely enough
In cinematography, looking into the viewfinder, adjusting the diopter and such is exactly like drawing in the way a cinematographer sees light and 3D space, formalizes it and makes a stylistic decision on composition and value (exposure).
Nolan makes really good films. He would make great films if the scripts had another pass before production began, because too often the plot becomes Swiss cheese once you start examining the finer details. But oh well you get what you want out of his films and his approach to special effects is one of the best today.
First line "I'm a self taught filmmaker, i nevet went to film school". Says it all basically, all these people trying to get into a film school to gain skills, being self taught is the best way. I've never been to film school, i just have a regular warehouse job and i use the money i have left to buy certain camera, lighting and audio equipment, and make short films in my spare time.
Great and very insightful! O.K.: what I thought: C. Nolan used a 16mm wind up Bolex for a lot of outdoor location shots. On IMDB it just states: Arriflex 16 BL - fantastic camera to this day, seen it in action for TV news gathering back in the day. That model is already a bit large and heavy for some of the scenes, not to mention still very expensive to buy or rent in top working condition (back in the late 1990s it still was prohibitively expensive), even though it's a (professional) model from 1968. Great insight about editing, lens choice, camera movement and the general approach to (budget) film making. I'm very happy that Nolan always supported and continues to support real film, but with common sense - not shying away from editing on video after telecine transfer. Not that I think film is always "better" than modern digital cinema (or DSLR) for cinematic story telling. I just happen to prefer it, but I fully respect people who prefer digital. I simply think people should have a choice - film and digital video are still very different in look, feel and approach. Thanks for uploading! Always loved Nolan's work - after this great video I have it 100% confirmed that Nolan is a true master film maker who earned it by building his career from the ground up.
I'm glad that Nolan is An advocate of using film opposed to digital. Any movie shot with a digital camera is a disgrace to cinema and its sad that the use of film is decreasing. Film
R.K. McPherson The preference of shooting film or digital is entirely subjective, there is no right or wrong between either of them. I understand that film has that feel of magic to it as a physical process but to suggest that anything shot digital is a disgrace to cinema is completely unfair. I've never shot on film myself but I do know the implications that filmmakers face when shooting on it; the extortionate cost and waiting over 24 hours to see rushes being 2 examples. Digital cameras should and always will have a place in cinema, without them we may not have been exposed to some of the greatest films and directors that we have in recent years. Not to mention that digital now gives everybody the opportunity to make a short film on a shoestring budget and that's what filmmaking is about, it should give everybody a voice. If you aren't able to accept digital cameras then the same should surely apply to music also, and I'm willing to bet that the music you listen to isn't all exclusively through vinyl. Just something to consider.
Nolan moderated a screening of The Hateful Eight a few years ago and interviewed Tarantino. The difference in both guys is huge but they’re both fantastic. Same hairline too.
I will admit, some of his movies might be a bit over the top, but he always succeeds in bringing that magical feeling you should expect when watching a film.
I dunno about anyone else here, but this is one of the most inspiring films to an aspiring filmmaker/filmmaker starting out.
The guy movies worth millions
You’re not special just cause you aspire to be like him
Yep, this and primer.
@@ruly8153 He didn't say that
Ruly manatee how dare someone be inspired by a work of art
@@ruly8153 Damn. You're kind of a fucking dickhead, you know that?
I feel like he would be a brilliant therapist, just listening to his calm voice explain his directing really mellowed me out
Mr. Nolan changed how I view film. My all time favorite director.
Frank Perez me too friend
17:31 Nolan talks about Sound and how important it is
23:31 I need to learn this. I gotta stop thinking about imaginary future projects when i haven't even thought about how I'm realistically going to make my first feature film.
Gotham Knight did you happen to make that feature yet?
did you make your first feature yet?
Just checking in. Have you started it yet? If not, don’t be discouraged. Baby steps. Just keep working towards your goal.
My personal favorite director! The prestige is my favorite movie of all time
Same here!
total mind fuck
edinchez awesome :D
Not my favorite but a great film nevertheless
mines too. loved interstellar
Memento is a masterpeice
My favorite movie of all time, absolutely amazing
i guess a movie has not been that way before.. Mindblown
OOUGGE one of the most ingenious films i've ever seen, i don't know where him and his brother come up with the concepts for his movies
Fantastic! It's great to hear such a widely renowned director talking about how he covers things up with editing. Such an honest interview. He doesn't seem pretentious at all.
Can u elaborate a bit? My english is not so good..
Verkkariritari I just meant that Chris seemed pretty humble about the whole filmmaking processs. It's encouraging for an aspiring filmmaker like me because it lets me know that I don't have to be a mega genius to make films.
@@LaneCarter Well he also added that he wasn't formally trained, which may have been to his benefit. You're right tho! This also made me feel comfortable with the little I have, and I think that's his overall message with this. Do the best with what you've got, but continue to learn what could make it better without breaking your back (budget).
Incredibly interesting.
You following Ryan Connolly's feed? That's where I saw it.
look at you now, you interviewed this interesting man yourself
Okay Jack we get it you love him and got to interview him 😂😂
@@nikidon99 But he hadn't in the past.
Following is, no joke, one of his best films.
Dark Knight Rises, and I would argue Interstellar
The Prestige
@Gunnar Thorstenson better than inception (I actually believe that), dunkirk, insomnia, all batman films except the dark knight and interstellar (ok, a good movie for the special effects and scientific achievements, but, coming from a mathematician, the overall story is just... ok)
It was close to be a good film, but the main characters choices felt too naive and clumsy to me.
Inception, The Dark Knight and Memento are his 3 masterpieces, the rest are really good but not masterpieces.
Its always a treat to hear an individual, who is so highly regarded for the art he produces, to speak about the details of his craft. Thank you for this.
I'm 45. I was once fascinated enough by a guitar, that I practiced playing it for 2 or 3 months. Once I tried to learn Spanish, that lasted 2 or 3 months. Dido for painting and gardening.
It absolutely blows my mind how people can get obsessed with something like film making (or art, or music, or programming) and it literally lasts their entire lives. Very fascinating breakdown of Christopher Nolan ❤
What keeps a filmmaker going is thinking that the next one will be their best film ever. I don’t care if you’re Spielberg, Scorsese, or Nolan. You think to yourself, “they haven’t seen anything yet.”
Such an amazing person. You can see how he understand and knows everything about every aspect of what he does. So brilliant and pleasant and polite and humble.
Chris Nolan is the best director in the world. Climbed his way from a low budget film to enormous films.
Following is THE movie that aspiring filmmakers should watch on repeat.
Nolan is not the greatest director of all time, but his film record is speaks for itself. The man has never made a bad film, in fact I would argue that all his films are worth seeing given how short life is.
really love his style and thinking.
i feel smarter just listening to him talk
Oves Du exactly, that’s why I said it...Sooo... what are you pointing out?
Such a brilliant, humble man. He doesn't look down on budget filmmakers, but truly just appreciates a story well told. That's what it's all about.
I bet if you gave a lot of people twice the budget of what he spent on this film, they wouldn't come out with a product half as good.
I've found a copy of this film and watched it. Very well done. And was also surprised this was his first feature film before Memento which I also loved. Add to the fact Nolan never went to film school? Wow. Perhaps after Interstellar which I have yet to see he might go back to the small film format just to get a breather from the big blockbusters before making another one. But who knows. Nolan clearly knows what films he wants to film and what stories to tell. More power to him.
He also writes or cowrites the screenplays
+Arnold Rivas filmschool is not important at all
Jayden V then what use does it have?
Arnold Rivas wasting your money
+wildcard749 And that is also a plus for me.
Amazing director. All his movies have been great so far and I'm sure Interstellar won't disappoint.
its masterpiece
no other directors can do sequels lije christopher nolan, nolan did batman begins, and then did a masterful piece The Prestige, then he went back and did the dark knight, then he did inception, then went back and did TDK rises. no other director can do that, i mean even james cameron is shooting avatar back to back, nolan created one of the best trilogy and in between also produced two masterpieces of cenima the prestige and inception, he is the most versatile director right now
It's interesting that he made The Prestige after Batman Begins. "Theatricality & Deception" was taught to Batman in the first film, and it was a theme in The Prestige. Later Bane makes reference to it in the TDKR.
dunkirk gonna be great
He is basically Albert Einstein of film making.
He didn't learnt film making, filmatography embraced him be a medium to broadcast it's eloquent beauty.
A cunning man, got to give him credit for that. Not really a director, more like... a *magician*.
_"The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige"._
His own words are best suited to describe him.
I call him the goat.
Felt like I just had a film class after viewing this interview
learned so much
I love interviews like this where they edit out the interviewers questions and allow the interviewee to really expand. Allows you to hear their authentic views in a relaxed way rather than being driven by an interviewers scripted narrative.
my favourite modern day director. also the way he talks about actually being present behind the lens of what he's filming a good film for me any how normally involves a psychological element of feeling like you're prying into someones life from a real medium like a camera and not just having very well set up shots that just explains the story ore cinematic objective. almost like a ghost was secretly watching them and that they carry on with there life oblivious to the camera not acting up to it just being in front of it as there life unfolds and i think someone who has the understanding from the simple end of the spectrum can then use more common ore professional camera techniques to emphasise certain parts of a film without it feeling like you're just watching a movie if you get my drift not a story made into a film but a story that happens to be filmed as if it would happen with ore without a medium to portray it i.e film.
15:53 The clock he sets on the table in "Following" is the same clock that is burned in "Memento".
Also, notice that Cobb, one of the characters from "Following" shares the same name and similar characteristics (criminal, manipulative) as DiCaprio's character in "Inception".
So many great insights here. A director who has become one of the most successful and acclaimed of our age shedding light on his humble beginnings. Nolanites FTW!
Holy shit, thank you VICE for this. We need more of these one to ones with directors.
Was absolutely gutted that Robert Rodriguez's El Rey network isn't making the video interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter and Quentin Tarantino, available in any form. Fortunately my other idol Chris Nolan decided to talk to VICE :)
I love hearing directors talk about movie making especially one that loves movies as much as Christopher Nolan
I could listen him all day talking about film making. Greatest director of modern cinema.
That would be Tarantino actually
@@adr1ano1987 ok
@@adr1ano1987 🤣🤣🤣 his new movie the hollywood one was a sleeper fest, nolan movies rarely have any cursing he made movies in wide genres like biography, war, sci-fi, superhero, fantasy and most of the tarantino films are just dialogue heavy dramas
One of the best directors I have ever know
Amazing hearing him talk about how he started.
He is one of the greatest filmakers...unquestionably. ..
"Cutting in your head while you shoot"
This is fascinating, thanks!
He's a living legend.
Very informative. Working on anything creative with this guy must be incredible joy and immensely frustrating. Sign me up.
Wow he's never been to film school? That's crazy.
You know what's crazy? People paying money for educations when all information is avaliable in your local public library.
Warlicmaster Public library??!! you not heard of youtube?!
Warlicmaster I think it depends on what subjects you are trying to learn, and how fast. Also, where you want to work plays a major role. A creative field (Art, Design, Music, even Programming) requires a portfolio, so a degree is not as important. I could probably learn as much about medicine as my primary physician, but without those letters next to my name, I wouldn't be making the money.
I'm currently teaching myself Industrial Design. It would be nice to have a teacher with years of experience show me my mistakes within 2 minutes instead of spending hours, or even days, figuring out what I did wrong.
whats crazy is art for profit by commitee.
***** We are lucky that it didnt, he probably would have been too distracted to make movies!
HOLY COW!!! Nolan gave Clerks a mention. I hope kevin Smith hears this
I believe Memento is his greatest achievement. Can't wait for Interstellar!
Its 2020 man !!
Can’t wait for tenet
Fuck corona
Lol Tenet makes memento look like a Party clown
@@taz1545 Honestly I loved Tenet but Momento, for me, was in a league of its own. Tenet is a major leap in terms of its concept (which I absolutely love btw), but Momento is so simple yet contains a similar (and relatable) complexity that makes it such an amazing Master Piece.
I love the fact that he seems like he could talk about anything forever...
all his movies are so freakin good!!
I saw this film, "Following" around 2001 I think it was. It blew me away...
It does doesn't it? for a debut feature too. You can see how psychology and existentialism play hard in his overall style.
Not my favorite director but he is a filmmaker that really makes you think that Cinema is still as powerful as ever there are other as well but the list is long PTA, Tarantino, Scorsese, Xavier Dolan, Michael Haneke, Linklater, Jonathan Glazer, Steve McQueen i could go on with others.
Now this is the vice we know and love, this was great. Thank you.
THIS GUY IS A LEGEND
As someone writing the script to my own no-budget film, this was really helpful.
What I love most about this video is you have a young Christopher Nolan who is fresh off those low budget films that is telling you how he did it and hasn’t forgotten that process.
I’m not saying he’s entirely forgotten it, but as the decades go by and he’s accomplishing masterpiece after masterpiece on extreme budgets then I’m sure there becomes a distance.
I worked four days on “The Dark Knight Rises.” The set was so over the top and we shot in IMAX. I remember thinking to myself “I wonder if he could ever go back and make a film on a $30M or less budget. I’d like to see him do that at this stage in his career.
Might just be the greatest director of all time.
nah, martin scorsese is
quay quayy I admire Martin Scorsese's work but he's much older than Nolan. Chris is still on the eve of his greatest projects. Give him a few decades and I'm sure he'll make some amazing movies worthy of comparison to Scorsese's.
*cough* Tarantino *cough* Reservoir Dogs *cough* Pulp Fiction *cough*
***** Django Unchained was better than both of the movies you mentioned.
MadPropzBaller Depends. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs is crime drama, while Django Unchained is Western. Anyways all his movies are amazing.Inglorious Basterds and bot Kill Bill movies are worth mentioning too.
This was very inspiring. Really hope vice does this with other directors
Vice, this was a fantastic video/conversation. You've done tremendous work this time, I hope to see more of these director videos in future.
If you ask me, then the best directors we've seen, have never gone to filmschool: Nolan, Tarantino, James Cameron, George Miller, Stanley Kubrick there are far more, but this is just a few names. In fact many of those who did actually go to filmschool ended up dropping out of filmschool again. I think there seems to be a profound explanation that filmschools are too stricks and therefore eliminating the directors creative minds, while also not challeging them enough. I've seen 100 of horendous short films from filmschool students here in Denmark where I live and the worst thing about them is that they all look the same! Social realism dramas with no edge or desire to wauw the audience or be different, to stand out from the crowd.
It's no wonder Denmark haven't produced a great director since Nicolas Winding Refn, who by the way, also never went to filmschool, he was enlisted at the Danish filmschool, but decided to try making a movie (Pusher) on his own. I don't know, but for some places, filmschool might be a disadvantage more than an advantage. At least my favorite directors didn't go to filmschool, so that's what I'll take from it - Learning by doing and don't watch never danish movies, cause they'll will bring your creativeness down as opposed to older ones who had stories to tell and desire to entertain.
How's filmschool in the countries where the rest of you guys who watches and comments on this video lives??
+K XKX its still the same in the U.S. all the film schools make their students learn things in a certain way, therefore constricting their creative process. Complete rubbish, i'm currently enrolled in school for Digital Media but not film for that reason and make films on my own
+Vinny Banana Wow, you seem to love yourself quite a bit hahaha I think one of the most advantageous things about film school is being able to meet SO many people interested in film as you are. because after all, you can't make a film without an army. I do hope you have a chance to make your screenplay into a reality but I seriously hope you won't regard your crew as sheep. Know matter what, you absolutely can not make a film by yourself.
+K XKX Well said.
Film school in Los Angeles is interesting. You never know what someone will come up with. Some people are complete amateurs and only want an "easy A" so they produce really cringe worthy crap, and others are semiprofessionals who have actual experience and budget. This one guy made a sci-fi time travel film for his final and he rented a 10,000 dollar camera (not counting cost of lenses, etc.) and had his actor friend from a popular T.V. show star in it. Our professor was quite impressed and insisted he send it out to some film festivals.
But generally the student films here aren't quite that fancy, some are, but it's a mixed bag. Some have a budget, but most don't. It's true, I don't think film school is necessary though, the important thing is the passion and desire to learn and improve.
At some point YES Film School does constrain you to do things the way the teachers think it should be the best way to be done acording to them. But also we're talking about art, your growth depends only on you. In my case I didn't know anywone in film industry, I knew nothing about filmmaking at all, I was all alone, so I can tell you I really needed the Film School, the personal guidance to start making my way, I've known many people, and I've learn the basics, film theory, film history, semiotic studies, literature, I have watched a lot of movies, learned rules of filmmaking, rules, I believe: knowing the rules in order to break them.
All this knowledge is knowledge you won't get in the outside but inside the academy, and as I said I knew no one, and in time you can put aside your teachers, and you will continue your journey on your own (that's the idea), out of the "three or four years of constrain" -if you will-. And let your creativity explode to the world, remember that there are some pretty good filmmakers who went to Film School: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scrocese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas,... and so on.
Not going to Film School won't make you an automatic great filmmaker, but also going to it won't make you an automatic failure.
he's a big guy, for you. Bravo Nolan. With that out of the way Following is probably one of my top twenty favorite movies
He‘s such a nice man. Very humble and passionate about the artform.
He's such a creative and qualified director, personally one of my favourite. And damn, his voice, I'd listen to him for hours.
It’s actually a really engaging film despite it’s low budget quality. Extremely rare among low budget indie films
Love every single movie he puts out!!! YES, even "The Dark Knight Rises", man why do people have to hate on that movie soo much. Saying it's a horrible film when they haven't even seen other comic book movies such as "Daredevil", "Catwoman", or must I say it "Steel".
The people that are saying "The Dark Knight Rises sucks" are from the internet. They're the minority when it comes outside the internet.
LOL. wasn’t Shaq in Steel?? that shiz was hilarious. but ya i agree with your point.
TDKR was the best, i watched it 12 times just because of Bane, so epic :P
MadPropzBaller Oh man, i loved all the Batmans! Nolan smashed, it just gave you this feel for the characters! it was perfect!
It was my least favorite from the trilogy, but it was still a great film. I guess after Inception and The Dark Night I was expecting the world.
I blame myself for over hyping it, I don't think anything could have met my expectations. But still, a great film.
Just saw following today! I really liked it! Christopher definitely develops his narrative and technical skills on this movie and it's truly inspiring for those who want to make a microbudget feature.
i have seen plenty of movies, different directors, Kubrick, Nolan, Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Lucas, Copolla, Tarantino, Coen, Scorsese but i have to say that this is the best film that i have ever seen. its a piece of art.
Describing interstellar the movie in one word: brilliant!
I love "Following" I found a copy on VHS in a secondhand store, years ago. It's up there with Mike Leigh's "Naked" as simple, brutal, elegant films. It comes together in pieces, a foreshadowing of "Memento" years later.
I just find it funny that this interview is almost half the movie's length
This is excellent and insightful. Thank you.
Almost all of my favorite directors have made amazing directorial debuts (Bottle Rocket, Shaun of the Dead, Take the Money and Run, Monty Python and the Holy Grail) except Kubrick strangely enough
+Connor Devore Shaun of the dead yah I was wrong, but what's up tiger lily was just woody overdubbing voices so I don't really count it as his first
In cinematography, looking into the viewfinder, adjusting the diopter and such is exactly like drawing in the way a cinematographer sees light and 3D space, formalizes it and makes a stylistic decision on composition and value (exposure).
this is one of the most valuable videos I have ever watched.
Very informative..outlays the whole journey..that we all face..
That was a really interesting interview, thank you!
thank you VICE for this beautiful learning experience
Respect to you sir!
Look at Nolan man, so inspirational.
Highly articulate guy.
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Yes, he’s English.
Nolan makes really good films. He would make great films if the scripts had another pass before production began, because too often the plot becomes Swiss cheese once you start examining the finer details. But oh well you get what you want out of his films and his approach to special effects is one of the best today.
First line "I'm a self taught filmmaker, i nevet went to film school". Says it all basically, all these people trying to get into a film school to gain skills, being self taught is the best way. I've never been to film school, i just have a regular warehouse job and i use the money i have left to buy certain camera, lighting and audio equipment, and make short films in my spare time.
This was awesome. Please do more stuff like this.
1:31 Messin with our minds since 1997
Thank you vice for this interview.
I love Memento.
Bless us all in our filmmaking journey!
3:25 first time to see him smile
Great and very insightful!
O.K.: what I thought: C. Nolan used a 16mm wind up Bolex for a lot of outdoor location shots. On IMDB it just states: Arriflex 16 BL - fantastic camera to this day, seen it in action for TV news gathering back in the day. That model is already a bit large and heavy for some of the scenes, not to mention still very expensive to buy or rent in top working condition (back in the late 1990s it still was prohibitively expensive), even though it's a (professional) model from 1968.
Great insight about editing, lens choice, camera movement and the general approach to (budget) film making. I'm very happy that Nolan always supported and continues to support real film, but with common sense - not shying away from editing on video after telecine transfer.
Not that I think film is always "better" than modern digital cinema (or DSLR) for cinematic story telling. I just happen to prefer it, but I fully respect people who prefer digital.
I simply think people should have a choice - film and digital video are still very different in look, feel and approach.
Thanks for uploading! Always loved Nolan's work - after this great video I have it 100% confirmed that Nolan is a true master film maker who earned it by building his career from the ground up.
Vice making a valuable and interesting video? Wow
As great as all his movies are, my favorite is definitely Memento.
I'm undergone a cinematic therapy treatment for my cinematic --illness !!! through this session!!!
Why doesn't this video have more views?
He’s by far my favorite director of all times.
For me Following is his Best film. everything was about Plot and characters
I love the criterion collection!
This man is genius. Thans for the upload.
I'm glad that Nolan is An advocate of using film opposed to digital. Any movie shot with a digital camera is a disgrace to cinema and its sad that the use of film is decreasing. Film
R.K. McPherson The preference of shooting film or digital is entirely subjective, there is no right or wrong between either of them. I understand that film has that feel of magic to it as a physical process but to suggest that anything shot digital is a disgrace to cinema is completely unfair. I've never shot on film myself but I do know the implications that filmmakers face when shooting on it; the extortionate cost and waiting over 24 hours to see rushes being 2 examples. Digital cameras should and always will have a place in cinema, without them we may not have been exposed to some of the greatest films and directors that we have in recent years. Not to mention that digital now gives everybody the opportunity to make a short film on a shoestring budget and that's what filmmaking is about, it should give everybody a voice. If you aren't able to accept digital cameras then the same should surely apply to music also, and I'm willing to bet that the music you listen to isn't all exclusively through vinyl. Just something to consider.
That's a very broad and direct statement my friend. A disgrace?
I quite like “Following”. Has a real off kilter quality.
Inception was his best movie
Gator W.F. Prestige was fuckin awesome.
GIVE ME INTERSTELLAR ALL-FREAKEDUP-READY!
Great video, great guy and great series - thank you Vice
The credits for this video were probably longer than the credits for Following
My favourite director of all time !!!
I'd love it if Following was remade with a larger budget, it's a great little script
Nolan moderated a screening of The Hateful Eight a few years ago and interviewed Tarantino. The difference in both guys is huge but they’re both fantastic. Same hairline too.
Following is such a great movie, 95% of people dont even now this is his first movie
if he started filming at age 7, i really doubt it was his first...
notablytheillest Nice.anal-retentiveness.
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I know about it, but I have yet to watch it.
I will admit, some of his movies might be a bit over the top, but he always succeeds in bringing that magical feeling you should expect when watching a film.