Why Christopher Nolan Is Obsessed With Time

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  • @RonReynolds
    @RonReynolds ปีที่แล้ว +475

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

    • @Mariana16562
      @Mariana16562 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @shaylxix
      @shaylxix ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq ปีที่แล้ว +199

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Blitzo8390
    @Blitzo8390 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

  • @dipperdandy
    @dipperdandy ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @rrbcraftergames3361
      @rrbcraftergames3361 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anthonymartensen3164 ye agreed

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Hollywood needs filmmakers like Nolan more than ever

    • @se7en910
      @se7en910 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @fruehlingsobst8123
      @fruehlingsobst8123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wtf, how does diversity make movies better or worse?

    • @ofAwxen
      @ofAwxen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @vanzc7920
    @vanzc7920 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Nolan deserves an Oscar. His movies are so good.

  • @quasinfinity
    @quasinfinity ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I noticed it too

  • @GEMINIEARTHWALKER
    @GEMINIEARTHWALKER ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @tommymiller5008
    @tommymiller5008 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @adamgrose1
    @adamgrose1 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @anubusx
    @anubusx ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @WaterCarrier07
    @WaterCarrier07 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Watched Tenet last night, absolutely magic, underrated by many

    • @EvesGonnaEve
      @EvesGonnaEve ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mateosimon4237
    @mateosimon4237 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @atripal-ig7il
    @atripal-ig7il ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @nuclearnadal4601
    @nuclearnadal4601 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @aninjaguardian
    @aninjaguardian ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Christopher Nolan is a genius. The man deserves an oscar

  • @Crocogator
    @Crocogator ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Shivas-cj7vr
    @Shivas-cj7vr ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @ryanhedgepeth4446
    @ryanhedgepeth4446 ปีที่แล้ว +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 😂.

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @neoluthuli3254
    @neoluthuli3254 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @jsauce8669
    @jsauce8669 ปีที่แล้ว +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. 🎉

  • @tommymiller5008
    @tommymiller5008 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nolan is my favorite director

  • @EastyyBlogspot
    @EastyyBlogspot ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Spazzboy911
    @Spazzboy911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @astelevey
    @astelevey ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @jasonshaw2065
    @jasonshaw2065 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @balpreetsingh6834
    @balpreetsingh6834 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @uninstaller2860
    @uninstaller2860 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching a Nolan movie is time well spent

  • @Blankford777
    @Blankford777 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very inherently interesting director

  • @bensaret
    @bensaret ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @eraldylli
    @eraldylli ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Word of the day? "Eschew"

  • @kokomanation
    @kokomanation ปีที่แล้ว

    They must make him a cover of Time magazine

  • @mirosgerg
    @mirosgerg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I recently watched The Prestige great movie

  • @bmbpets4861
    @bmbpets4861 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Nolan is my favorite director ever

  • @wolfranga8477
    @wolfranga8477 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Malum09
    @Malum09 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Eiser9_
    @Eiser9_ ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ❤

  • @insane__professional
    @insane__professional ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ileutur6863
    @ileutur6863 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @nickfleece5562
    @nickfleece5562 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @benjaminblanchard-saiger2900
    @benjaminblanchard-saiger2900 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @sebastienr7852
    @sebastienr7852 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DrewTaylor246
    @DrewTaylor246 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Eschewing”

  • @martinsochor4461
    @martinsochor4461 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video!

  • @maryjanerx
    @maryjanerx ปีที่แล้ว

    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!!!!

  • @GrendelMTL
    @GrendelMTL ปีที่แล้ว

    23 YEARS AGO!? 😅 I feel old now 😔

  • @alanandersen6770
    @alanandersen6770 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Say eschewing one more time

  • @BouncyKnight720
    @BouncyKnight720 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good analysis

  • @gokhanersan8561
    @gokhanersan8561 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @HarvestStore
    @HarvestStore ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video.

  • @TheWindwalker085
    @TheWindwalker085 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @rahulray9983
    @rahulray9983 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Federe76
    @Federe76 ปีที่แล้ว

    A study on Michael Bay's muse; explosions.

  • @Clayray94
    @Clayray94 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @AhmadAneeq
    @AhmadAneeq ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ratulhasan165
    @ratulhasan165 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its a style he has mastered

  • @subhankashif4291
    @subhankashif4291 ปีที่แล้ว

    i wanna see a nolan movie based on DARK

  • @YouilAushana
    @YouilAushana ปีที่แล้ว

    Is "eschew" your new favorite word?

  • @luisandresguevararamirez2905
    @luisandresguevararamirez2905 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Gettinsketchyonbourbon
    @Gettinsketchyonbourbon ปีที่แล้ว

    ‘Interstellar’ was definitely his peak

  • @glennac
    @glennac ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @Adam-jw3uz
    @Adam-jw3uz ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @ThomasRobertsT2da
    @ThomasRobertsT2da ปีที่แล้ว

    Why no words for Insomnia?

  • @nightmayor6114
    @nightmayor6114 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @seanbaugh3239
    @seanbaugh3239 ปีที่แล้ว

    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"™️*

  • @TomJones-wx5on
    @TomJones-wx5on ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ciaranmurren
    @ciaranmurren ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DOC_951
    @DOC_951 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think he’s obsessed with *bohhhhhhhhnnnngggghh*

  • @LewDog053
    @LewDog053 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was eschewed your word of the day on your calendar?

  • @alexanderwinn9407
    @alexanderwinn9407 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @Luke_E_Babyy
    @Luke_E_Babyy ปีที่แล้ว

    Because of Seneca

  • @jorgereyna1796
    @jorgereyna1796 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Christ Nolan

  • @earth4.081
    @earth4.081 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @hbt5427
    @hbt5427 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @jeanm9538
    @jeanm9538 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @PolarisCastillo
    @PolarisCastillo ปีที่แล้ว

    *Time to go mobile.*

  • @j.k.1239
    @j.k.1239 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved Tenet.Underrated movie.

  • @bobz1736
    @bobz1736 ปีที่แล้ว

    Insomnia ???

  • @hsm4983
    @hsm4983 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @realfitzmarker
    @realfitzmarker ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @KP9393
    @KP9393 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you just learn what the word eschew means

  • @giodhuha6771
    @giodhuha6771 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @panderjitsinghvv8199
    @panderjitsinghvv8199 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Zeppelinschaffner22
    @Zeppelinschaffner22 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tarantino and Feet. 😅

  • @tonymoore78
    @tonymoore78 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @hakaigonzalez7253
    @hakaigonzalez7253 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did not enjoy his jumping around bull in oppenheimer.

  • @crazytutosgamesactus5810
    @crazytutosgamesactus5810 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @user-gj1zp3tg1i
    @user-gj1zp3tg1i ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @WitchMaster-vi4kp
    @WitchMaster-vi4kp ปีที่แล้ว

    bcz he's old

  • @MarkLaw13
    @MarkLaw13 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @KakosBananas
    @KakosBananas ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @RehanRC
    @RehanRC ปีที่แล้ว

    Christopher Nolan films are BORING.

    • @JohnCage77
      @JohnCage77 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @marknielsbeats
    @marknielsbeats ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Because time is the greatest antagonist

  • @Manx123
    @Manx123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be better if he were obsessed with better scripts lol

  • @CamiloNavajas
    @CamiloNavajas ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @saukash
    @saukash 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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