Christopher Nolan says ‘Tenet’ is “not all comprehensible”
nme.comChristopher Nolan has spoken about his 2020 film Tenet and criticisms that the film is too convoluted to follow.Speaking on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Nolan spoke about the complexities of his films, touching on Tenet’s time-bending themes in particular.When asked by Colbert if viewers have to “get” Nolan’s films or if they can just experience it, the filmmaker said: “If you experience my film you are getting it.
I feel very strongly about that. I think where people encounter frustration with my narratives in the past, sometimes I think that they’re slightly missing the point.
It’s not a puzzle to be unpacked. It’s an experience to be had, preferably in a movie theater but also at home, hopefully in an unbroken period.“It’s an experience to be had, that is the point of it, that’s the feeling of it.
Everything else, if people are interested to talk about it or debate it more, if ideas resonate, that’s a huge bonus.Nolan went on to add: “You’re not meant to understand everything in Tenet.
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