Ludwig Göransson decodes his sometimes forward, sometimes backward ‘Tenet’ score [Los Angeles Times]
“Tenet” opens with an orchestra tuning up. It’s setting the stage for a thrilling and chaotic action set piece inside a concert hall but it’s also writer-director Christopher Nolan’s way of telling the audience it’s about to experience a uniquely musical thrill ride.
“Music has been such an increasing and fundamental part of the films I’ve made,” the director of “Inception” and “Interstellar” said in the recent book “The Nolan Variations.” “What I’ve done with the bigger film scores over the years is figure out a way to build the machine and then use the mechanism of the music to get to the heart of it.”
“Tenet” opens with an orchestra tuning up. It’s setting the stage for a thrilling and chaotic action set piece inside a concert hall but it’s also writer-director Christopher Nolan’s way of telling the audience it’s about to experience a uniquely musical thrill ride.
“Music has been such an increasing and fundamental part of the films I’ve made,” the director of “Inception” and “Interstellar” said in the recent book “The Nolan Variations.” “What I’ve done with the bigger film scores over the years is figure out a way to build the machine and then use the mechanism of the music to get to the heart of it.”
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As the king of complex movie plots, Christopher Nolan has made a career of challenging filmâs status quo from
Memento to 2020âs
Tenet. The director leans more into using modern technology to keep fans and critics guessing even after the movie is over. Despite his usage of tech, Christopher Nolan might not be a fan personally, as he apparently doesn t even use a cell phone.
Christopher Nolanâs
Tenet was centered on a special agent played by John David Washington manipulating time with the aid of a machine. Since
Inception, the director has used technology to move his plots forward. But he seems to have adverse to using modern technology himself. Nolan recently confirmed a long-standing rumor of not having a smartphone to
Christopher Nolan doubles down on slamming Warner Bros. release plan: It s a question of ethics
Geoff Edgers, The Washington Post
Dec. 15, 2020
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1of3Director Christopher Nolan s latest movie, Tenet, was released on DVD on Dec. 15.Photo for The Washington Post by Emily BerlShow MoreShow Less
2of3Christopher Nolan: Films are not meant to be a chess match between filmmaker and audience. It s entertainment. Photo for The Washington Post by Emily BerlShow MoreShow Less
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There may be no stranger time to make big movies. And nobody makes them bigger than writer-director Christopher Nolan.
His films ( Interstellar, Inception, Memento ) twist time and space and the conventions of traditional cinema. They also bend budgets, with his latest, Tenet, rolling in at $205 million. Which might be part of why so much of the film s release - both in theaters in September and on DVD on Dec. 15 - has been centered on the tenuous state of an indu
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