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Nolan is a very interesting director.

He is an Englishman, but he is very familiar with American culture and living habits.

Perhaps this is inseparable from the fact that his mother is a flight attendant or the family who specializes in flights between Britain and the United States.

He graduated from Haileybury College and then entered the University of London for further study. During his time at school, he organized a photography club called "16mm" with some like-minded friends and shot a large number of short films.

In 1996, their club jointly invested 6000 US dollars to shoot the first true feature film "Follow".

The film was a bit rough, but you can roughly see the characteristics of Nolan's future directing.

For example, I really like non-linear narrative methods to break the story structure and create conflict and suspense."Follow" is only 70 minutes, but it uses the structural means of parallel narrative and flashback to completely disrupt the time relationship between the two, and then splice them in a seemingly random and messy way. This is Nolan.

From the very beginning of his debut work, he quickly showed his talents in directing and used them.

In his second work "Memories", this narrative style was played to the extreme by him.

Another example is realistic style.

Nolan has both British-style rigor and American-style boldness. The former makes him less fond of computer special effects, and believes that only the real image style can give the audience the greatest visual enjoyment. The latter allows him to edit I love breaking all conventions and subverting the traditional time concept of movies. It is difficult to imagine that all the plot events are displayed one by one in split fragments, and they are constantly interspersed. The audience may need to slowly piece it together in their minds. A complete story line.

Let's talk about the image style.

His films are always cold tones and lack bright warm colors.

When Nolan was interviewed, he once said that his favorite director is Stanley Kubrick.

It just so happens that the biggest feature of this film master's film is pessimism.

Perhaps this is also related to the time he was born, which was during the "Vietnam War" and the Cold War.

With the unique anxiety and uncertainty of the times.

This can have a great impact on a creator.

His road to director is very smooth.

Except for being too poor and not taken seriously at the beginning, it was wasted for a while.

When Johnson contacted him, he was on vacation in England.

He only finished "Chasing the Murder in the White Night" the year before last year, a remake of the movie of the same name from Norway.

Hearing that Director Lyman invited him to meet, although there were many doubts, it was because I was fine.

As the so-called idle is idle, he agreed.

......

Lyman and Christopher Nolan made an appointment in a private club.

"Do you really not consider coming by yourself?"

Johnson has been busy searching for a suitable issuing company during this period. Even if he contacted Nolan through the CAA channel, he couldn't help but ask when he met at the meeting hall.In his opinion, except for Lehman, it is difficult to believe that such a big project will be taken over by other directors-even Wen Ziren, who has been successful, will not work.

"I am not interested. Besides, this kind of comic theme is not suitable for my image style."

This is Lehman's true thoughts.

Contrary to Nolan, he likes to use warm colors to tell stories, even in "Bad Guy", throughout the cool colors, he is also mixed with the warm side, that is, the wife played by Eva.That branch.

Furthermore, if the first part of "Batman" is successful, the development of a sequel is almost a certainty, and Lehman is unwilling to shoot the same subject and spend so much time.

He likes freshness.

"Then, this Nolan's British director would be suitable for such a theme?"

"Of course, his directing ability is not bad, and the image style is mature and appropriate. If you have seen his works, you will find that Batman, a hero who lives in the dark, is a theme tailored for him. "

......

Christopher Nolan is very punctual.

Wearing the iconic black suit-this stuff is still British, and the dress code is very serious. In public, it is rare to see the director's western-style leather shoes that have remained unchanged for years.

"Hello, Director Nolan."

He is only 35 years old now, and his looks are relatively easy to understand among directors.

"Hello, Mr. Lyman."

The two greeted him and introduced Johnson to him.

After sitting casually, Lehman first touted: "I've seen your "Shard of Memory", a very good movie."

He smiled and said nothing.

Immediately, Lehman pretended to be chatting again and asked: "Are there any plans for shooting recently?"

"not yet."

Well, it's halfway through.Although he knows that Nolan has been groping for his own image style in recent years, he really confirms that the schedule is sufficient, and Lyman is still secretly pleased.

"Then have you considered cooperating with me?"

"Cooperation?"

"Yes, I have a film company. Recently I have some new project ideas, but I lack a director. I think you are very suitable."

Close, close naked.

But Nolan doesn't have that many thoughts. He is idle at home. After all, for the director, a good book or opportunity is also unavoidable.

"Can I know what the project is?"

"Batman's adaptation."

"what?"

Nolan was surprised.

He knows Batman, and he also knows that Warner hasn't launched related movie works for many years because of the box office tragedy of "Batman and Robin". Unexpectedly, now he has an idea.However, isn't the copyright in Warner?And why did Lehman set up the project?

He was a little puzzled, so he asked.

"If it goes well, they are willing to entrust my company to shoot, but the problem now is that I need a suitable director to give Warner greater confidence in cooperation. They are still considering."

Nolan is a smart person. Hearing this, how can I not understand that Lehman asked him to meet him and seek cooperation with sincerity.

But he thought about it, and then said, "But I never thought about making a superhero movie."

For directors, especially those who are very thoughtful, the fixed image represents the squeeze of creative space, which is a kind of restraint, and it is normal to have concerns.

Lehman persuaded: "No, no, this is not a movie about superheroes. Have you seen Frank Miller's 1986 comic "The Dark Knight Returns"?"

"No."

"You should take a look. This time Batman restarts, we plan to adapt this comic to create a Batman independent of the image of his predecessors. He is no longer a god, but a human and fleshy person. . A night messenger living in Gotham."