Christopher Nolan's cinematic forays into dreams and reality, information and chaos, get dissected in the latest installment of Kees van Dijkhuizen's online series [the films of].
Soaring through Nolan's subversive stalker debut Following and the light-soaked noir Memento to blockbusters The Dark Knight and Inception, van Dijkhuizen's [the films of] Christopher Nolan (above) hones in on the director's wide-ranging critique of social programming and the science (and subversion) of the mind.
"I wanted to somehow create that feeling of information being made unavailable to you, which is often the case in Nolan’s films," van Dijkhuizen says in a behind-the-scenes breakdown of his Nolan homage. "I also wanted that fantastic tension throughout his films, the idea that the story would be resolved in the end, and then that final nugget of information that makes you doubt everything you just saw."
Screen the reel above and let us know in the comments section below if you think [the films of] series does Nolan justice, and if you're interested in checking out van Dijkhuizen's other cinematic compilations on directors like Danny Boyle, Michel Gondry and Tim Burton. His yearlong film-studies shorties come to an end after a final installment in December.
