The Nolan Variations

<b>A rare, intimate portrait of Hollywood's reigning 'blockbuster auteur' whose deeply personal billion-dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock. </b><br><b></b><br>'A masterclass . . . brilliant. Immersive, detailed, meticulous, privileged inside-dope.' - Craig Raine <br><br>More than just the tinkerings of a glass watchmaker, Christopher Nolan's films have an unerring grasp of the way time makes us <i>feel</i>. Time steals people away in his films, and he takes careful note of the theft. Time is Nolan's great antagonist, his lifelong nemesis. He seems almost to take it personally.<br><br>Written with the full cooperation of Nolan himself, who granted Tom Shone access to never-before-seen photographs, storyboards and sketches, the book is a deep-dive into the director's films, influences, methods and obsessions. Here for the first time is Nolan on his dislocated, transatlantic childhood, how he dreamed up the plot of <i>Inception</i> lying awake one night in his dorm at school, his colour-blindness and its effect on <i>Memento</i>, his obsession with puzzles and optical illusions - and much, much more. Written by one of our most penetrating critics, <i>The Nolan Variations</i> is a landmark study of one of the twenty-first century's most dazzling cinematic artists.<br><br>'Christopher Nolan is a wonderfully unlikely contemporary filmmaker. We're fortunate indeed to have him, and fortunate now to have this book.' - William Gibson