{"product_id":"from-doodlebug-to-oppenheimer-an-analysis-of-christopher-nolans-film-work","title":"From Doodlebug to Oppenheimer: An Analysis of Christopher Nolan's Film Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book on the films of Christopher Nolan, who is internationally well-known by his film\u003cem\u003e Oppenheimer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe analysis of the corpus formed by Christopher Nolan's works allows us to derive its poetics. The key to this is provided by the magic tricks script in \u003cem\u003eThe Prestige\u003c\/em\u003e. All of Nolan's films from \u003cem\u003eInsomnia \u003c\/em\u003eonwards are influenced by this aspect. The analysis not only shows how outstanding Nolan's films are, but they also prove to be surprisingly political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther key topics in this analysis: the attack on the Kiev Opera house in \u003cem\u003eTenet \u003c\/em\u003eand the Russian war against Ukraine in 2022; the references in \u003cem\u003eInception\u003c\/em\u003e on Andrei Tarkovsky's \u003cem\u003eSolaris\u003c\/em\u003e; the relation of the dead female characters in Nolan's films to Edgar Allan Poe's \u003cem\u003eThe Philosophy of Composition\u003c\/em\u003e; in Nolan's later films, the canary birds of \u003cem\u003eThe Prestige\u003c\/em\u003e transformed into planes; the escape from earth in\u003cem\u003e Interstellar\u003c\/em\u003e complemented by the evacuation in \u003cem\u003eDunkirk\u003c\/em\u003e; the interdependencies between \u003cem\u003eInterstellar\u003c\/em\u003e and Zack Snyder's\u003cem\u003e Man of Steel\u003c\/em\u003e; neoliberalism reflected in Michael Mann's thriller \u003cem\u003eThief\u003c\/em\u003e; the allusions in\u003cem\u003e Tenet\u003c\/em\u003e on the James Bond film \u003cem\u003eSkyfall \u003c\/em\u003eby Sam Mendes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis summer, ahead of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, TIFF celebrates Christopher Nolan with a full celluloid retrospective. Learn more about Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tiff.net\/christopher-nolan-grand-designs\" title=\"Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53581930529082,"sku":"9783869050379","price":77.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1765\/3531\/files\/FromDoodlebugtoOppenheimer.png?v=1781034549","url":"https:\/\/shop.tiff.net\/products\/from-doodlebug-to-oppenheimer-an-analysis-of-christopher-nolans-film-work","provider":"TIFF Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}