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Christopher Nolan
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Few filmmakers have made such a seismic impact on Hollywood during the past two decades as Christopher Nolan. Whether mind-twisting crime thrillers or vast sci-fi epics, his films are consistently huge crowd pleasers, despite his bold and complex visions never being compromised. Featuring fresh insights from...
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Few filmmakers have made such a seismic impact on Hollywood during the past two decades as Christopher Nolan. Whether mind-twisting crime thrillers or vast sci-fi epics, his films are consistently huge crowd pleasers, despite his bold and complex visions never being compromised.
Featuring fresh insights from a writer who has witnessed Nolan at work first-hand on several of his films, this is the definitive guide to the most significant British director since Hitchcock. From Memento to The Dark Knight Trilogy to Inception to Oppenheimer, it takes you on a cinematic odyssey that is truly like no other.
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ISBN: 9781529444612
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Greenfinch
Illustration: Approx. 100 colour photographs
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 455g
Pages: 224
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Dan Jolin is a film journalist and contributing editor to Empire, the world's biggest movie magazine. He also writes for Screen International and Time Out, and is the editor and co-founder of Senet magazine, about the craft and culture of board gaming.
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