Heist movies tend to be a bit superficial, glamorous, and fun. They don't tend to be emotionally engaging.
Christopher NolanIt's difficult to keep anything fresh for an audience these days. With technology being what it is people seem to know everything there is to know about a film before you've even made it.
Christopher NolanFilm is the best way to capture an image and project that image. It just is, hands down.
Christopher NolanTo me, any kind of filmmaking that's reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original.
Christopher NolanI've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.
Christopher NolanI like films that don't have that unonimity of a response; that don't have consensus in the audience. What it is essentially for me is that if you go back and watch the film a second time, do you feel that you've been played fair with? Are all the clues in place? Indeed, sometimes these things are even overstated. Specifically, for that reason.
Christopher Nolan