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    what ways do Christopher Nolan and ________ develop the idea of causality of war in Dunkirk and Evacuation of Dunquecue, respectively? Within Christopher Nolan’s Film Dunkirk and _______’s poem Evacuation of Dunkirk both authors explore the causality of war. Both texts are set in the same situation and both explore the different aspects of the evacuation of Dunkirk from two similar but different sources. They both develop the themes of isolation, honour and hope. Specifically, Nolan uses his filmmaking

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    Memory Loss In Memento

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    Memento has a distinct, unique structure. The movie title demonstrates and describes how the story is governed by past particles, rather than plain memory. By working backwards, Christopher Nolan (director) unveils the process in which Leonard (Guy Pearce) attempts to find the man who raped and murdered his now dead wife. The catch of it all is Leonard suffers from a special form of short term memory loss which is not treatable. The extraordinary frame work lures you into each moment, as if you’re

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    The Dark Knight Essay

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    Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight (Reading 2: Technical) A key element of Christopher Nolan’s purpose throughout his film The Dark Knight is the development of mood in the viewer, more so the development of fear and uncertainty. Christopher Nolan successfully employs technical production elements into this film to achieve his intended purpose. Through the use of these elements he has succeeded in setting a mood for the audience, the audience’s interpretation of the character of the Joker is formed

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    the spectator who finds meaning in the film. I will be closely looking at critical material, primarily André Bazin and Roland Barthes and applying them to several case study films directed by Christopher Nolan including The Following (1998), The Prestige (2006) and Inception (2010), to examine whether Nolan possesses the qualities of an auteur and if so, does that imply an ideological view of what the auteur resembles or an artistic one. The term auteur theory arose in France

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    Dark Knight Themes

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    Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman star as supporting characters. The Dark Knight was directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan, who was responsible for the extremely popular Dark Knight trilogy that this film served as the second part of. The production companies behind it were: Warner Bros. (presentation), Legendary Pictures (in association with), Syncopy, and DC Comics

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    Batman Persuasive Essay

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    Mark Twain has once said, “everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” However, this statement made by Twain does not work with Christopher Nolan. While other directors try their best to hide their dark side, Nolan uses his dark side as a technique. The dark side has become Nolan’s major key to success; he is known for many “dark” movies, Batman Begins, Batman: The Dark Knight, Inception, and many more. Many might wonder, the majority of Nolan’s movies are about superheroes

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    The Dark Knight

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    The director of the dark knight Christopher Nolan used a variety of film techniques to creates scenes of order and then absolute chaos. Christopher uses a variety of camera, sound and special effects to depict the diverse look of order and chaos in his scenes. During the course of the movie Christopher Nolan uses several different camera angles to depict scenes of order and chaos. When creating a scene of order the director use wide and close camera angles to show simplicity, furthermore the change

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    that is critically acclaimed, and Christopher Nolan has been able to do this several times. Christopher Nolan began directing movies in 1998 and has directed fourteen movies since 1998. The film critic Alissa Wilkinson notes in her article The films of Christopher Nolan, explained, “Nolan has shown himself to be interested in both entertaining audiences and making them think, in pushing the boundaries of what they believe a movie can and should be”. Christopher Nolan also often deals with the subjects

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    symmetrically, zooming in or out on a shot, tracking a character in a point of view shot, or action shots. Among Hollywood directors who create some of the highest grossing modern films, some of the most recognized include Wes Anderson, James Wan Christopher Nolan. Each brings something unique to the film industry. James Wan is considered the new master of horror and has made himself an empire with his fearsome features combined with a unique filming style. Wan brings a new flavor to the horror

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    untold. This film moved me in all of those respects and more” (Huffington Post). This film lures viewers in as it raises curiosity of space and possible life on other planets, as well as anticipating the final days of earth. Director Christopher Nolan is known for making great movies that sell out box offices around the country. He is responsible for movies such “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Man of Steel”, “Inception” and many more other household names. “The fact that his last four movies in

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