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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 1:35:07 GMT -5
You can learn a lot about filmmakers based on the movies they make. Let's begin this live blog with a movie that Chris Nolan made before he was famous. It's about an unemployed 30-something writer that stalks people. The Following from 1998.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 1:38:08 GMT -5
Criterion?
IFC?
Next Wave?
This movie gonna be garbage.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 1:40:53 GMT -5
Black & White? He must think he's Kevin Smith.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 1:43:41 GMT -5
Dunkin Donuts? He must think he's Adam Sandler.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 1:46:26 GMT -5
Cobb?
Like the character from Inception?
So this movie is just a dream planted in someone's head.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 2:00:46 GMT -5
Batman?! Oh, I see. The movie is autobiographical. It's about Leo DiCaprio planting in Christopher Nolan's mind that he should make a Batman movie.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 2:37:50 GMT -5
He slapped that woman! Nolan confirmed as woman hater.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 3:03:33 GMT -5
If you haven't seen Following, it's about an amateur writer that stalks people to seek inspiration for his novel. He follows and ends up befriending a cat burglar. They join forces and one day break into the home of a woman he becomes infatuated with. He stalks her too and somehow gets into a relationship with her. She turns out to be the ex-girlfriend of a mobster. Twists and turns follow.
Made on 16mm film and on a budget of $6,000, Following is a home brewed thriller that showcased Nolan's talent and potential. The story is told non-linearly, which is a trademark of Nolan, but it's obvious he was just mimicking Tarantino. If there's a drawback to Following it's the obviousness that it was ripping off 90's indie films.
Up next: Memento
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 3:18:13 GMT -5
He can't create new memories but he can remember his wife was murdered and to solve the case. How accurate is this movie, medically speaking?
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 3:54:25 GMT -5
I'm chasing this guy. No. He's chasing me.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 21, 2017 5:21:19 GMT -5
Memento is a great film. Hadn't seen it since college. It holds up incredibly well. The story is infamously told in reverse, but really if you think about it, it's told chronologically. Guy Pearce plays a guy with short term memory loss. He suffered a brain injury during an home invasion, which also resulted in the death of his wife, and he can't create new memories. The whole movie is about him searching for his wives killer, but it turns out that he found him a year earlier and this whole time was unknowningly working as a hit man for a corrupt cop. There's WAY more to it, but from a story perspective, that's about it. It's a worthy companion to that Se7en/Usual Suspects genre of movies.
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Post by PG Cooper on Jul 21, 2017 13:43:38 GMT -5
Memento might still be my favourite Nolan movie. It's tough though. I switch a lot between Memento, The Dark Knight, and Inception.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:40:15 GMT -5
Memento might still be my favourite Nolan movie. It's tough though. I switch a lot between Memento, The Dark Knight, and Inception. Don't forget... The Prestige. |
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:40:46 GMT -5
Nolan and Disney? That's something you'd never see today,
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:42:00 GMT -5
Only Nolan could convince Disney and Warner Bros to work together... and Spielberg.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:48:14 GMT -5
Is that the Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood: Men in Tights?
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:51:23 GMT -5
Welcome to Colorado Springs
Now that Nolan did his WWII movie, he needs to do a western.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:53:10 GMT -5
I think this was the first time I saw Andy Serkis' face.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:57:15 GMT -5
There's a Chinaman there...
Can you imagine if this movie were released today? The outrage!
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 1:59:45 GMT -5
This was pre Hugh Jacked Man.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 2:01:41 GMT -5
He killed it!
Nolan confirmed for animal hater.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 2:04:48 GMT -5
This was built by a wizard.
That's what they called scientists in the 19th century.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 2:08:25 GMT -5
You either die a hero or live to watch Batman kill your wife.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 2:23:06 GMT -5
Christian Bale is such an ass in this movie. lol.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 22, 2017 2:28:02 GMT -5
If this movie took place in modern times it would be Eion Musk instead of Nikola Tesla.
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