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"What captivated Nolan above all, though, was the craft and process that went into making a film: the alchemy that occurred when two shots were edited together to create something entirely new in the mind of the viewer; the control it gave him to steer an audience through a narrative of his own creation, slowing or accelerating the impression of time passing; and most of all the unique effect of seeing an image captured on physical, tangible film stock itself – precious and fragile, something that he could hold in his hands, manipulate and gaze at, frame by frame.

Four decades on, that obsession remains undimmed. The Super 8 film stock may have given way to large format 65mm Imax film, the roped-in family and friends replaced by the most accomplished and creative craftspeople in cinema, and the toy action figures by some of the most renowned actors in the world, but sitting at the centre of it all, Nolan remains the same passionate, deeply committed film lover that he was at the beginning; someone who has used his considerable influence to ensure the survival of the very things that so inspired him as a child – physical film itself and the irreplaceable magic of the cinema experience."

read the interview with Christopher Nolan
conducted by James Bell

Christopher Nolan: a showman’s odyssey | Sight and Sound