The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan

by Jason T. Eberl (editor), George A. Dunn, J.L. Garcia (Contributor)

As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities and complex, thought-provoking plotlines his audience anticipates. The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan collects sixteen essays, written by professional philosophers and film theorists, discussing themes such as self-identity and self-destruction, moral choice and moral doubt, the nature of truth and its value, whether we can trust our perceptions of what's "real," the political psychology of heroes and villains, and what it means to be a "viewer" of Nolan's films. Whether his protagonists are squashing themselves like a bug, struggling to create an identity and moral purpose for themselves, suffering from their own duplicitous plots, donning a mask that both strikes fear and reveals their true nature, or having to weigh the lives of those they love against the greater good, there are no simple solutions to the questions Nolan's films provoke; exploring these questions yields its own reward.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Film

244 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 20, 2017

Reviews

[Ihor Kolesnyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Цікава підбірка статей різних спеціалістів у філософії, які бачать часом Нолана і його фільми, а часом дивляться, але не бачать Нолана лише свої власні якісь конструкції.

Щодо інтерстелару, то не дуже вгадують - інтерпретації загалом це про свободу ідей, але тут вони ніби стряліють усі постріли майже повз.

[Mateo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good as introduction to philosophy/authors