# The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan - Hardcover

by **Tom Shone** (Author)

**An 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).**

In 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 _Tenet_ ("Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable"--_Variety_).

Filled 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.

"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 Gabler, author of _An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood_ and _Walt Disney, The Biography_

### Author Biography

TOM SHONE was the film critic of the _Sunday Times_ from 1994 until he moved to New York in 1999. He is the author of five books, including _Tarantino: A Retrospective_ and _Martin Scorsese: A Retrospective_. His writing has appeared in _The New Yorker, The New York Times,_ the _Times Literary Supplement, Intelligent Life,_ and _Vogue_. He currently teaches film history and criticism at New York University.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 9.2 x 7.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 03, 2020

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