About Christopher Nolan

anyone who claims he's a modern day Kubrick should be sterilized; if anything he's a modern day David Lean; pompous grandiose impersonal bullshit.

Issey Miyaki and 3 others like this

kerfuffles

19Jul12

<3 u
rado

19Jul12

Agree about the first part, but do you really think Lean's 1940s period is "impersonal", especially "Brief Encounter"?
Roscoe

24Jul12

Folks thinking Lean makes pompous grandiose impersonal bullshit need to see BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, to say nothing of BRIEF ENCOUNTER or HOBSON'S CHOICE and even LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Lean's worst work is light years ahead of anything Nolan has shat out.
my nigga totoro

24Jul12

That is really fantastic. Really.
Greg S.

26Jul12

Well the real absurdity here that Kubrick himself was a huge fan of Lean.
my nigga totoro

16Sep12

he was also a huge fan of Spielberg; that doesn't lend any more credibility to a child in a man's body directing generally bad films.
Greg S.

17Sep12

I'm not trying to argue with you, I'm no fan of Nolan by any stretch, its not meant as a defense on Nolan's part. Just the way its worded sounds like a slant on Lean that's not really warranted and I'm not a big fan of his work either but 'impersonal' is a poor choice of words.
Jason Callen

17Dec12

Please continue to not give a fuck what people say. Mubi needs more voices like yours (perhaps though you can not get on my ass when I do the same).