{"product_id":"the-nolan-variations","title":"The Nolan Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, \"as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain\" (Sam Mendes). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn chapters structured by themes and motifs (\"Time\"; \"Chaos\"; \"Dreams\"), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan's thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller\/spy-fi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTenet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(\"Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable\"-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVariety\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with the director's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter.\" -Neal Gable\u003c\/span\u003e\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\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Canada","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53565470048570,"sku":"9780525655329","price":54.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1765\/3531\/files\/thenolanvariations.png?v=1780583748","url":"https:\/\/shop.tiff.net\/products\/the-nolan-variations","provider":"TIFF Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}