Tag: Dunkirk
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‘Oppenheimer’ Producer Reveals “Pipe Dream” to Beat ‘Dunkirk’s Box Office
Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas has revealed that, while the movie went on to gross over $900 million and counting, initial expectations for the film were much more tempered and conservative. Thomas, who is married to Nolan, has been the producer behind all of Nolan’s films, starting with the short film Doodlebug. Their collaborative journey, from…
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‘Oppenheimer’ Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema to Be Honored With Variety’s Creative Impact Award at Scad Savannah Film Festival
“Oppenheimer” cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Cinematography award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival.In addition to this summer’s Christopher Nolan blockbuster, the Dutch cinematographer has worked as Nolan’s Dp on “Tenet,” “Interstellar” and Dunkirk” along with Jordan Peele for “Nope” and Spike Jonze for “Her.”“Scad is proud to…
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Oppenheimer’s Opening Scene Broke One Of Christopher Nolan’s Own Filmmaking Rules
If there’s any one thing Christopher Nolan has shown throughout his last several movies, it’s that he’s a constantly evolving filmmaker. After getting “The Dark Knight” trilogy out of his system, his approach on the introspective and achingly heartfelt “Interstellar” couldn’t feel more different from the operatic heroics of “Dunkirk.” In the same way, “Tenet”…
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Cillian Murphy Wishes He Was in ‘Interstellar,’ Says Christopher Nolan’s Film ‘Broke My Heart’
“Oppenheimer” is a high point in both Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan’s careers and the culmination of nearly two decades of collaboration between the two men. No film in Nolan’s oeuvre is more reliant on a single actor to carry the story — and he trusted the role (and the sacrifices that accompanied it) to…
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Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Passes Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk At The Global Box Office
There aren’t a lot of directors around these days who can draw crowds into theaters simply through their personal brand and reputation (even the great Steven Spielberg is struggling), but Christopher Nolan is one of the rare few. With “Oppenheimer,” his taut, tension-filled biographical thriller about the “father of the atomic bomb,” Nolan was competing…
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The Best Modern World War II Movies, from ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Inglourious Basterds’ to ‘Stalingrad’
With his latest film “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan has returned to war; World War II, specifically. Although the J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic doesn’t feature any scenes of soldiers heading into battle, it’s a war movie at its heart, with the conflict in Europe and Asia motivating the morally reprehensible actions of the Manhattan Project in the…
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This Is the Closest Christopher Nolan Has Come to Making a Horror Movie
In the two decades that he’s been making movies, Christopher Nolan has touched upon many different genres in film. He routinely breaks new ground in science fiction with films like Inception and Interstellar and he delivered a mind-bending thriller with The Prestige. He rose to prominence with the Dark Knight trilogy and helped change the…
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‘Dunkirk’ Shows This Is Key to Christopher Nolan’s Storytelling
As cinephiles throng to the theaters for Christopher Nolan’s latest cinematic marvel, Oppenheimer, there is one aspect of his storytelling that often remains shrouded in mystery — his intricate world of sound. Renowned for his grand-scale filmmaking and unconventional narrative techniques, Nolan’s breathtaking visuals have earned him legendary status in cinema. However, it is the…