you were named back in 2015 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine. then the likes of steven spielberg, denis villeneuve, martin scorsese all praising your film making. without embarrassing you, how do you do it? gosh, that s a. that s a long list of accolades some deserved, some probably not. um. how do i do it? i just love making films. i started making films when i was a kid. i borrowed my dad s super 8 camera, started making super 8 films when i was seven or eight years old and i ve never stopped. it sjust something i love doing and i feel very fortunate and privileged to be able to work with a team of really, really talented people on each film. in the case of oppenheimer, this incredible cast that, you know, you ve already mentioned, cillian and emily, but also, you know, robert downeer and matt damon and ken branagh you know, a very, very long list. florence pugh and many others. um. for me, how i do it is to bring together talented
now on bbc news: the arts interviews: christopher nolan. christopher nolan almost needs no introduction. the acclaimed director is behind blockbusters, including the dark knight trilogy and interstellar. the futuristic science fiction epic which blasted matthew mcconaughey and anne hathaway into space, as well as historical films like dunkirk, which brought the story of the evacuation of allied soldiers in 1940 to a wider audience. nolan delivers box office successes, and the movies have won 11 oscars from 36 nominations. but the director has never clinched the coveted best picture or best director award. perhaps his latest, oppenheimer, will change that. starring cillian murphy as theoretical physicistj. robert oppenheimer, it charts the invention of the first atomic bomb, which was tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped controversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war two. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s p
tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped co ntroversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so much for talking to us at the bbc. your actors speak very highly of you. i ve seen that cillian murphy hails you as a genius, that emily blunt says you ve singlehandedly changed cinema for everybody. you were named back in 2015 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine, then the likes of steven spielberg, martin scorsese. they all praising yourfilmmaking. without embarrassing you, how do you do it? gosh, that s a that s a long list of of accolades. some deserved, some probably not. how do i do it? i just love making films. i started making films when i was a kid. i borrowed my dad s super 8 camera, sort of making super 8 films when i was seven or eight years old. and i ve never stopped. it sjust som
christopher nolan almost needs no introduction. the acclaimed director is behind blockbusters including the dark knight trilogy and interstellar the futuristic science fiction epic which blasted matthew mcconaughey and anne hathaway into space as well as historical films, like dunkirk, which brought the story of the evacuation of allied soldiers in 1940 to a wider audience. nolan delivers box office successes, and the movies have won 11 oscars from 36 nominations. but the director has never clinched the coveted best picture or best director award. perhaps his latest, oppenheimer, will change that. starring cillian murphy as theoretical physicist j robert oppenheimer, it charts the invention of the first atomic bomb, which was tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped controversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so
That they get on the big screen. we want as many people to be able to try and find them in that form as possible, and then they very naturally go onto all these ancillary formats that are wonderful. i ve grown up in the home video age, starting with vhs and all the rest. and the access that that gives you to movies from streaming these days is incredible. it s absolutely wonderful. but the theatrical experience is what we re aiming for as filmmakers and the theatres. they need to be helped in that regard. and there s an irony here in the uk, i think that cinemas are closing, as i said, but the film industry in the uk is exploding in terms of studios being built and films being shot here. but you barely come here to shoot. i think, i know you shot the odd thing in the uk. the odd bit of a film. why is that? you know, it sjust about what the particular demands of the film are. you know, when we were making dunkirk, you know, the film set in france. we wanted to be there on the real beach