Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is in theaters right now, but what’s next for the director of Memento, Inception and The Dark Knight? Maybe he asks director colleague Quentin Tarantino for advice, because he has concrete ones Ideas about what Nolan’s abilities would be ideal for.
If Tarantino had his way, Nolan would (still) make a war film
Our colleagues at Espinof unearthed an interesting quote in which Tarantino expresses his respect for Nolan’s skills and interests as a filmmaker. In an article for the Guardian on the launch of Interstellar (2014), the Kill Bill director opened up about Nolan’s love of analogue film and practical effects – shared by Tarantino.
First, he talks about how Nolan campaigned for Kodak to make celluloid film (most films are shot digitally). Then he explains:
Christopher Nolan would be an equally good and strong filmmaker if he was making films in 1975. Or if he were making films in 1965.
As an example, Tarantino cites a classic from that era that he could see Nolan directing:
I would like to see Chris Nolan’s version of The Final Battle. That would be freaking awesome. The war film has a few parallels to Nolan’s work
The Battle of the Bulge is a 1965 war film set during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The heavily fictionalized film has a running time of 170 minutes suitable for Nolan and a talkative star ensemble that doesn’t need to hide from the Downeys and Damons from Oppenheimer. Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas (!), Dana Andrews and many more are honored in the top-class ensemble of Hollywood warriors.
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Contemporary poster for The Final Battle
Like Christopher Nolan, director Ken Annakin was British and specialized in large-scale productions of this type (he made the blueprint of the giant cast war film The Longest Day). The director is also legendary for his autobiography “So You Wanna Be A Director?”, from whose entertainment Nolan and colleagues can definitely learn.
What does Tarantino actually think of Dunkirk?
The Interstellar director has, in fact, since Tarantino testified a shot a war film, but it hardly resembles the classic mentioned. Dunkirk is far less dialogue-oriented, the star faces play supporting roles, it’s all about the spectacle. Tarantino loved it and after multiple viewings he gushed about the Nolan war film on a podcast, which you can hear here:
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After the end of the double strike in Hollywood, Tarantino will continue working on his last film, The Movie Critic.
However, the Briton has not revealed which film Christopher Nolan will shoot next. You can still see Oppenheimer in German cinemas.
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