I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me.
Christopher NolanI think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.
Christopher NolanI have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)
Christopher NolanI think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn't want to do just one thing.
Christopher NolanPeriod films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from the misenscene. It also comes from the performances of the actors, because they're acting Victorian which really means that they're just acting the way they've seen previous actors act Victorian.
Christopher Nolan