Christopher Nolan’s Favorite Recent Films Include ‘Past Lives & ‘Aftersun’
theplaylist.netUnless you’re Quentin Tarantino, if you’re a really intensely celebrated filmmaker, sometimes you just don’t praise anything because it sometimes draws attention away from less work or becomes reductive absorbed.
The great Stanley Kubrick once famously said, “I am always reluctant to single out some particular feature of the work of a major filmmaker because it tends inevitably to simplify and reduce the work,” when deciding to praise Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “The Decalogue,” regardless.
Christopher Nolan is another one who kind of plays his cards close to the vest, heaping tons of praise on classic films, but is relatively sparing when discussing contemporary movies (also, there’s that English politeness where you don’t say anything if you don’t have anything good to say.) READ MORE: The 21 Best Films Of 2023 But maybe Nolan is changing slightly in this regard.
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