Christopher Nolan Was ‘Driven to Push Boundaries’ in ‘Dunkirk,’ Says Producer

Writer-director Christopher Nolan is like a juggler who starts out with three tennis balls and then adds a chainsaw and a flaming torch: He makes his work more challenging to make it more exciting for the audience.

And, like an expert juggler, he makes the impossible look effortless.“Chris wanted to make a high-octane, suspenseful movie that was unconventional but a great audience experience.

He’s driven to push boundaries,” says Emma Thomas, who produced Warner Bros.’ “Dunkirk” with her husband, Nolan.

“People think it’s easy for him and he wants it to look easy.

But he actually makes it harder because he knows it makes a better film.”In May 1940, British small-boat owners crossed the English Channel to rescue soldiers who had been cornered on the French beach by Nazis.

Spitfire aircraft also helped protect the men.

Instead of concentrating on one aspect — land, sea or air — Nolan chose to cover all three sagas, which

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