Christopher Nolan is the director that I will be examining thought the rest of the essay. Christopher Nolan was born in 1970 in London England, and started making films at the early age of 7. He attended University College London where he studied English literature, and was a part of the school’s film society. According to IMBD.com he has been credited as a writer 15 times, producer 13, and as director 14 times, with all 13 of the films with credit as a director he was also credited as a writer. Many of the films the he has written, directed of produced have been major box office successes. The top ten grossing films of his are Interstellar, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia, Memento, Following,
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Although Nolan has achieved a great amount of box office success worldwide, that does not decide his status as an auteur. With Truffaut and Sarris giving the guidelines of what it takes to be an auteur, why is Christopher Nolan and auteur? Starting with Sarris and his “concentric circles”. It becomes clear that Nolan has technical competence simply because he has been credited in so many distinct aspects of the filmmaking process. With most of his box office successes giving credit to him as a writer, producer, and as the director. The next circle is “distinguishable personality”, Nolan has his personality deeply engrained in every film that he works on. As a result of making himself a key part of the production of any film that he is involved …show more content…
His personality comes out in the form of his love of time lines that are not linear, while many of his films offer this same piece The Prestige and Inception are my favorites. The Prestige is the story of two competing magicians, the timeline jumps from present to past as the competing magicians are reading supposedly stolen journals from the other. The use of an altered timeline is a thrilling addition to the film, it adds to the intensity and emotional rollercoaster ending, by way of never giving the audience a hint of the surprise. Inception utilizes a different form of an altered timeline; the basis of Inception is a crew can be hired to steal information by way of your dreams. An interesting concept that is magnified by the lead characters’ back story that is
Although Nolan has achieved a great amount of box office success worldwide, that does not decide his status as an auteur. With Truffaut and Sarris giving the guidelines of what it takes to be an auteur, why is Christopher Nolan and auteur? Starting with Sarris and his “concentric circles”. It becomes clear that Nolan has technical competence simply because he has been credited in so many distinct aspects of the filmmaking process. With most of his box office successes giving credit to him as a writer, producer, and as the director. The next circle is “distinguishable personality”, Nolan has his personality deeply engrained in every film that he works on. As a result of making himself a key part of the production of any film that he is involved …show more content…
His personality comes out in the form of his love of time lines that are not linear, while many of his films offer this same piece The Prestige and Inception are my favorites. The Prestige is the story of two competing magicians, the timeline jumps from present to past as the competing magicians are reading supposedly stolen journals from the other. The use of an altered timeline is a thrilling addition to the film, it adds to the intensity and emotional rollercoaster ending, by way of never giving the audience a hint of the surprise. Inception utilizes a different form of an altered timeline; the basis of Inception is a crew can be hired to steal information by way of your dreams. An interesting concept that is magnified by the lead characters’ back story that is