Christopher Nolan's Turning Point
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
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The mastermind of modern cinema, Christopher Nolan’s illustrious 25 year career (Oppenheimer, Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight) is a case study in time, memory and structure. However, these obsessions are more than just a motif, but a reflection of Nolan’s own transformative path. After a decade of stalling his dream project, an intimate revelation catalysed a narrative pivot in Christopher Nolan’s storytelling. While suggesting the hidden emotional depth in his filmography, this video respects Nolan’s approach to not overexplaining, but simply nudging you in the right direction. This is the story of a man’s reach exceeding his imagination. The story of Christopher Nolan’s turning point.
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Script and Edit: Daniel McMahon
Research and Story Producer: Adam Bright
Producer: Jaden Pendegrass
Additional Research: Mia Zimonjic
Sound Mixer: Dan Pugsley
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0:00 - Dreams Matter
0:25 - Destroyer of Worlds
1:06 - Will Into Reality
2:12 - The Mystery
2:41 - A Writer, Hey?
3:49 - Not From The Air
4:38 - In Camera
4:59 - The Biggest Leap
6:26 - A Tremendous Honour
6:47 - A Survival Story
7:50 - From the Director of
8:15 - Are You Nervous?
9:34 - I Think It's Time
9:53 - Real Possibilities
11:24 - Distress Beacon
13:13 - S.T.A.Y.
14:45 - It Must Be Time
15:04 - Now's Not The Time
15:27 - Legend, Mr. Nolan
16:32 - Changed Forever
17:13 - I'm Batman
17:45 - Abandoned Kingdom
18:10 - That's The Key
18:28 - Man's Reach
19:21 - Exceeds His Imagination
19:55 - The Emotional Connection
20:42 - A Love Story
21:57 - Just Feel It
23:26 - Reality Matters
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I hope Christopher Nolan never stops making movies
He already has stopped. Thankfully, however, it was before he started, so he actually never will.
…god willing❤
I hope Dodford never stops making interesting videos
He’ll probably die at some point I reckon
@@thescroot NICE.
How you structured the entire thing, jumping in time through his career, much like the jumps he makes in his films, is absolutely amazing.
It's very Memento coded. Also the last quote of the video is (I think) the start of the first quote of the video
the most incredible thing about this video is how you managed to tell his story without a single line of voiceover, crazy! From a fellow creator, this is peak UA-cam!
Babe wake up! Dodford just released a new video 😍
glad to see you here 🫶
Everyone appreciates dodford
I think this is the first time I’ve enjoyed the editing and structure of a UA-cam video as much as the content. Nolan himself would be impressed.
No doubt one of the greatest filmmakers, not just of our time, but of all cinema.
A man who can weave a story as big as those that he does while still focussing on the humanity of his characters. And then he can take the grand philosophical ideas of the story and turn them into almost characters themselves. It's like a mix between science and magic, much like in The Prestige. It would be one of the greatest honours of my career to work even just one day on one of his productions. A true storytelling genius.
And once again, we have to applaud Dodford for the documentary being told in a way that also merges the stories being told with the man telling them. Ideas understood and emotion felt. A work of art in itself, just like any of the movies that might be mentioned along the way 👏👏
mastermind of modern cinema? are you serious Nolan is the most overrated director ever, specializing in wannabe film buffs. Anyone who studies film knows that he is not respected there, but you ordinary viewers who know little about film, to you he is God. He is not bad, but he is far from a Hitchock, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Renoir, Wilder, Wyler, Kurosawa, Ozu, Fellini and many others. There are literally 100 better directors than him. He's like Tarantino, directors for wannabe film buffs
@@markozbunjol625 When you talk about filmtheorie, yes. He never went to filmschool. But as you look at his flawless trackrecord of masterpiece after masterpiece, which are all enormously positivle reviewed by people and resonating well over a decade, then he is just one of its kind.
And yet, he has only been nominated for best director twice. Nolan has a long way to go before he can be considered among the greatest directors of all time
@@markozbunjol625You’re right that Nolan is not in the class of Kurosawa, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Fellini, etc. but you’re not doing him justice by mentioning him and Tarantino in the same sentence. He’s MUCH better than Tarantino. Tarantino’s movies don’t even have a theme.
@@dankairgadam8841 Look, I don't like Tarantino too much either, but I think they are in the same category. To me, they are GOOD directors, but that's all. Those are my criteria, I just can't place them among such greats as Fellini, Hitch or Renoir. Just because Tarantino doesn't have a theme doesn't mean it's automatically a minus.
i love the way the documentary is made out of order, like a nolan film, it’s GENIUS.
yeah, and it ends in the middle like memento. Also i love the fact it ends with inception as in my opinion its his magnum opus
You, Dodford, are the Christopher Nolan of UA-camrs. No one creates documentaries from the perspective you do, creating fine, intricate, multilayered, challenging yet gratifying, detailed-laden metaphysical tapestries of stories weaved with multiple ribbons of storylines. Your videos serve to illuminate and enrich your viewers while also liberating whatever pre-conceived notions they may have as what constitutes the dispensing of information, and the telling of a tale. As always, mind-bogglingly well done, good sir!
And also as always, I urge you to consider creating a doc about David Bowie, but seeing him here in this video brought to mind a new thought: Profile Bowie exclusively or predominately from the perspective of his film (and TV) career only. Bowie was a visual, multi-media pioneer artist who employed virtually every art form and genre known to mankind, even helping to create and popularize a few new ones. Did you see Brett Morgan's doc about Bowie, Moonage Daydream? You and Morgan share common stylistic ground, though I find your work to push the boundaries further, and to have a more polished sophistication to it. But Morgan limited himself to Bowie's music, and even then limited the music primarily to Bowie's work from the 70's. Anyway, food for thought.
GREAT JOB, as always, Dodford! Thank you to you and your team yet again!
He'd make his old mum happy if he did David Bowie. I'm a huge fan.
Thank you for your amazingly complimentary words. I'm very proud of my boy 😍
@@DevelopingDoulas Please excuse the rudeness of my delayed response. Your son is a gifted artist. Hell, I'M proud of him and I haven't even met him! You have every right to take enormous pride in your son's achievements, for he is terribly creative, imaginative, hard-working, and a stickler for detail. And he's only begun to tap the enormous potential that resides in the very fiber of his being. And as for you being a Bowie fan, well, there you have it. Any mum that has what it takes to be a big Bowie fan clearly has inherent artistic sensibilities running through her veins... and genes. I can see where he gets at least some of artistic aptitude from! And you are most welcome, Ms. Mother of Dodford; your son well deserves every word of praise I've offered. He is, as the Brits are prone to proclaim, brilliant, but speaking as an American (of Dutch descent, no less), we don't toss that word about willy-nilly. ("Is the toast good? It's brilliant!") When we say brilliant we mean that the person, thought, idea, work of art or product is of such merit, of such brilliance, it shines above the rest. And that, in four words, sums up your son: He shines above the rest. He is genuinely brilliant. Okay, that's TWO four word sets of words that describe your son. I think you can live with them both. And yes, nag him to do something on Bowie! Speaking of Bowie, if you have Spotify, I've made loads of playlists of Bowie's music. Here's one of them. You can access all of them and my other playlists by doing a search on Spotify on my username, davidstardust. ENJOY!!! open.spotify.com/playlist/5sR3SoapAmK1fcAAvob0Bd?si=a28f6d3cf79b4439
This is just incredible. Many have made short docs on youtube about many things but no one does them like you. I mean making a doc about Nolan done in a style reminiscent of Nolan's work is just remarkable. Bravo, please keep it up!
Christoper Nolan has a diverse mindset. He can twist and turn like a pretzel whenever he wants to.
I was fortunate enough to work for Christopher Nolan and he is truly incredible. It’s amazing just watching him work, he works extremely efficiently. Beyond anything I have ever seen since. This is a beautiful documentary and brings back those lovely memories. Thank you! 😊
I just want to appreciate this channel for its non-narrator dependent way of documentary. Such a breath of fresh air for me. Please keep at it, Mr Dodford. You are truly talented.
He’s the only director whose movies I go to the theater to see on the 1st day out. He’s truly magnificent…above reproach. He overtook Tarantino for me. ❤….he and Jonathan are a true juggernaut when combining forces. Christopher is to cinema what…Tom Cruise is to cinema …necessary and needed to push the medium forward. Great documentary…thank you!
So true!!
Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ❤
GUYS. The video is a loop! Nice job Dodford, you’ve done it again
The missed frame at 1:20.... My heart goes out to you, Dodford. 😂😂
-fellow editor
what does it mean
@@MicahUhl a mistake was made 🤷🏼♂️ just an oversight, this a really intricate edit
oh yeah...but you do know the 1 second black is an artistic device. kinda like a transition @@luke_mckay
@@MicahUhl it's not a black frame, lol. And it's a single frame, so it was clearly missed lol 😂
emotionally imature
That Dunkirk sequence was phenomenal, Dodford
That whole sequence gave me chills. Brilliantly put together. It was visceral in a way. Holy Hell what an amazing edit
The editing on this is amazing, told an entire story without a word spoken. Fantastic job again, Dodford!
Every three years he dropped a film. I cant wait for his next project. I watch Oppenheimer twice at the movie theater.
The ending of this video is so beautifullly crafted. It does leave you with a question - and you just felt it! If someone asks me when was the last thing I watched that moved me incredibly then I'd definitely say it's this video. I love how there is nothing flashy 'retention' based editing but just a beautifully well paced video with incredible storytelling including the ad segment. Someday we are going to be here again in this comment section when Dodford is winning awards out there. Just WOW!
Nolan is a transformative filmmaker. His work really does inspire for reasons I can't comprehend. I'm a huge fan of his and this documentary was well made! Thank you for creating it. I wish I had talent like you and Nolan.
you can really tell you love what you do with your editing.
My favourite Dodford doc so far. So many times I got lost in it and forgot I was watching a doc. Keep smashing it! 🙏
This is so good. And not drawn out for 45mins like some Netflix docos. Perfect
Amazing conceit for this installment, and so in character for the subject. Approaching that midpoint from opposite ends in time. Thanks for making each story you tell an experience.
First and foremost, I loved this! Always a pleasure to come back every month and see what the team has come up with. A lot of little things in this doc that I loved and think really tied the whole things together. Loved how jumping around the timeline of events acted as a sort of countdown to the conclusion. I was really interested in how the Black & White sequences were going to be used, and to me it seems you used them during the times when Nolan was taking leaps in his life/career And as always, the ad integration is fantastic!🤌 Definitely feel like this is one I'll be rewatching!
Each video is better than the one which preceded it, honestly, I expect to comment this on every video. Keep up the good work dude! Even your ad reads are bloody art
Such a stunning piece of media. I was waiting for the intro to end, and it just, never did. And it was brilliant. Top notch editing with an obvious deep love and understanding of Nolan’s own direction and editing queues weaved in. Top tier stuff
Thank you for making these dodford. It's soo good, love it.
I really hope Christopher Nolan sees this and find out someone explaining his filmography in HIS very own style
In two decades, Nolan's body of work will stand shoulder to shoulder with the illustrious filmographies of Scorsese and Kubrick.
The structure of this video is just brilliant.
I've actually never heard him explain the ending of Inception until I watched the final seconds of this fabulous video. Gave me goosebumps. Bravo on the editing and the build up.
Thank you Dodford, for allowing me to rewatch all of my favourite movies from one new connected perspective.
Nolan is easily my favorite director. His films always make you think & ask questions, they feel so resonant and impactful, and those endings... Those endings are always so satisfying on an emotional level that few other films ever get to for me.
Your sponsored ads are so good. Your video editing and story telling are so good too! Keep it up :)
Every video you make is always better than the last. You have such an incredible way of making every video reflect the personality and character of your subject. Truly incredible and I'm honestly kinda pissed i only got recommended this 4 weeks after it was posted even tho I've been subbed for ages
Love your videos! This one is incredible! Keep up the great work, dude!
What you make is more than a video, I don't have words that can express even close to what i feel watching your videos. Love you dod!!
This was so incredibly well put together. Thank you!!
Another absolutely top quality video 🫶🏼 Keep doing what you're doing please 🙏🏼 The amount of effort put into every segment including and especially the sponsor segment. Such a treat to watch.
I love it man! Only a couple minutes in but love the clean look with emphasis on sound and pure editing
this edit...damn massive respect bro
Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest filmmakers to ever live. I’m happy to be living during a time I can see his films on the big screen. This was an excellent video man. Keep up the great work and take care!
this video is soo well edited, props to you!
Amazing video you have created of the most amazing filmmaker from the history of cinema.
Best editing on UA-cam. Love it
I think he and you shares the same principle in filmmaking.. “Don’t try to understand it, just try to feel it..” I might butchered that but u brother making such beautiful storytelling!!! U inspired me a lot!!🔥
Incredible video as always. The quality of your videos is rarely seen.
Great to see an effort at making a non linear Christopher Nolan video. The work speaks for itself. Congrats.
That's an ad break I can live with
This series is insanely well produced! Thank you for sharing this with the world. Can’t imagine how good a Norm Macdonald video would be.
One of the best quality videos I've ever seen on UA-cam.
Nolan is my favourite Movie Creator. Big thanks for this video dodford!
Another beautiful video sir, congratulations
daniel thank you for yet another video that was lovely and inspiring.
never has a youtube video made me misty eyed so many times, the experience was just like watching a nolan movie!!
love your vids keep it up you make me feel better and more creative
Dodford you are the greatest!!
I'm lost for words as how to describe this video, honestly Thank you ❤❤
Christopher Nolan is my Idol and you and the team have told his story wonderfully.. Thank you thank you thank you.
Incredible video👏🏿👏🏿
how incredible editing! Really appreciate you giving such a pure expirence immerse myself.
Mr Nolan is a blessing to the world. His extraordinary gift for making movies can change one's thinking, build up a paradox in one's head. He always leaves the audience questioning themselves at the end and that's talent
Your work with the timeline in this video was a nice Nolan touch.
Love the style of this Danny with Nolan almost narrating it himself.
Wonderful job man I really enjoyed the entirety of what you've put together here
Marvelous project Dodford❤
This is a masterpiece, Thanks Dodford.
Great stuff❤️🔥❤️🔥 keep going ..!!!
I love how this video loops. It never ends
Dodford has by far the best quality in his videos compared to any other UA-camr and I'm not exaggerating.
Amazing video. Seeing Nolan's growth and achievements remind me just how much of a master auteur he is
I've been watching dodford's content for a while now. His videos are great. Hope to see you soar to great heights
Fantastic work on this.
Very cool using the Memento structure to sequence this out. What a great edit.
Wow what a great Video 😮 thank you for the hard work it turned out great!
That ad was so creative. Nolan is genuis.
What a fascinating story. Well done, Dodford.
oh my god dodford. what an adventure this was. the thing you and nolan have alike is an ability to immerse an audience unlike any other
Definitely Nolan is one of the best filmmakers of our time, and Dodford is one of the best UA-cammaker. Thanks for another great story!))
Absolutely exceptional video
love to check on yt and see new vid from You! perfect Sunday ❤️ thank you for your service.
Dude I just finished watching Oppenheimer and must I say it’s a true masterpiece. And I’m so glad Christopher Nolan exists!
Also great edit man 🎥
Beautifully done, Dodford, as usual. All of Nolan’s movies are excellent, but if anyone hasn’t seen the prestige, please please watch it.
As much as I love most of Nolan's filmography, the Prestige is my absolute favorite. Followed closely by Memento. The Prestige doesn't get as much shine as The Dark Knight trilogy or Inception, but it is fantastic.
@@TheElbowMerchant Agreed! Memento is amazing!
Great video as usual! keep it up
Beautifully made. Felt like a Christopher Nolan film where I feel like I understand it emotionally, but I can't articulate any of it lol, really well done Danny & team :)
Even this video starts at 2010 and goes back and forth in the past and future and finally end at 2010. This is genius editing for a video related to nolan's career
Your videos are crazy good
Oh man, great video!
I used to watch your videos on Tiktok when your views like only hundreds of views with less 1k followers back then but I knew all along that your edits are top notch and you are destined to be a popular creator, now look at you know, thriving! keep it up man!
Amazing work
I'm presently teaching an undergraduate course on Christopher Nolan... and this video _will_ be screened at the end of the semester.
Beautiful!
incredible editing. incrdible video wow
amazing video!!
Great Way to tell Story of Chris , you Done it in his own way😎 Well Done Bro 👌
Clicked with hope of interesting video essay. You created here something much bigger and more complex, almost cinematic experience. I'm in awe
Nice video love it!!!
Excellent edit. 👌🏼
Oooft! Dodford, dude! Magic
I really hope someone shows this documentary to Nolan himself
People talk about how great Nolan is.
I just here, jaw dropped.
Realizing that Dodford using the same style as Nolan.
Amazing man, you deserve more!
Incredible video!