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The Nolan variations : the movies, mysteries, and marvels of Christopher Nolan

Title
The Nolan variations : the movies, mysteries, and marvels of Christopher Nolan / Tom Shone.
Author
Shone, Tom, 1967-
Publication
  • New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Description
381 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
"A rare, intimate portrait of Christopher Nolan with the full cooperation of Nolan himself who opened up more fully than ever before in his talks with Tom Shone. In chapters structured by themes and motifs (Time; Chaos), Shone writes of Nolan's thoughts on movies, on plots; on time, identity, perception, chaos, daydreams. Here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. To write the book, Tom Shone, who has known Nolan for more than two decades and who spent months with the director, was given unprecedented access to Nolan's notes, scripts, storyboards, and artwork. In this riveting portrait of an artist, Shone deftly navigates Nolan's themes, influences, and working methods (both in writing and directing). Here is his trans-Atlantic childhood (It makes you feel very differently about the concept of 'home') . . . how he dreamed up the plot of Inception lying awake one night in his dorm (I prized the imaginative space of listening to music in the dark, thinking about things, imagining things, films, stories) . . . his color-blindness and its effect on Memento (People are fascinated by other people's perception of the world and the way in which it differs) . . . his obsession with puzzles and optical illusions . . . and much, much more."--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book" -- title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-365), filmography (pages [353]-355), and index.
Contents
Structure -- Orientation -_ Time -- Perception -- Space -- Illusion -- Chaos -- Dreams -- Revolution -- Emotion -- Survival -- Knowledge -- Endings.
Call Number
MWES (Nolan, C.) 21-903
ISBN
  • 0525655328
  • 9780525655329
  • 9780525655336 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020005526
OCLC
1137808035
Author
Shone, Tom, 1967- author.
Title
The Nolan variations : the movies, mysteries, and marvels of Christopher Nolan / Tom Shone.
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-365), filmography (pages [353]-355), and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Shone, Tom 1967- Nolan variations. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020 9780525655336 (DLC) 2020005527
Research Call Number
MWES (Nolan, C.) 21-903
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