The Nolan Variations

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,