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30/07/2003 Metro: 60 Seconds Extra! NEW

Nolan talks about his day jobs while he was shooting Following (which was doing corporate videos), about getting in the film industry, his inspirations as a filmmaker and a little about Batman.


07/07/2003: DVDreview.net: An Interview With Christopher Nolan NEW

Christopher Nolan talks about how he has been involved in the making of the three DVD of his feature films, about director's audio commentaries, DVD extra feautres and directing Al Pacino.


The Prestige

15/10/2006: Creative Screenwriting: Nothing up their sleeves - Christopher & Jonathan Nolan on the art of magic, murder and The Prestige

10/10/2006: In Focus: That Old Bat Magic - The filmmaker charged with reviving the big-screen Batman takes a break from the franchise to adapt ‘The Prestige,’ a tale of rival magicians in an era of emerging sciences.

11/10/2005: About.com. Although Nolan remained very cautious about mentioning any details on the Batman sequel, he confirmed that he is in talks with Jackman and Bale for the Prestige and talks quite a bit about his interests in making this film. Another interesting aspect is his regard for documenting his own filmmaking progress

Insomnia

09/09/2002: Empire Online: Insomnia: The Wide Awake Club
As Insomnia further confirms his status as one of the hottest young directors around, Empire Online took the chance to stop by Nolan's London hotel recently to find out exactly what his secret is.

05/06/2002: The Onion A.V. Club
About different ways of storytelling, his attraction to the noir genre, and making a film within the studio system.

31/05/2002: SPLICEDwire interview: Wide Awake & Living A Dream
Questions about doing a big-budget remake, working with acting legends and about Nolan's next movie.

Q&A with Chris Nolan by Electric Artists

Interview with Christopher Nolan by Garth Franklin of Dark Horizon
About the pressure of following up Memento, the making of Insomnia it's narrative structure, about Insomnia being a remake, it's casting and it's ending (no spoiler) and Nolan's next project.

Memento

07/04/01: Radio Interview with Christopher and Jonathan Nolan NEW
Jonathan reads a part of his short story then the Nolan brothers talk about their collaboration and their different interpretations of Memento.

19/03/01: Radio Interview from "Fresh Air"
Contains clips from Memento

11/00: Video interviews with Christopher and Jonathan Nolan from the Raindance Film Festival NEW
Christopher talks about the story of the film, the psychology of the main character, and how he cast Guy Pearce for the role. Video Stream: 56k | 250k
Jonathan talks about his short story and how it became a movie. Video Stream: 56k | 250k

17/10/00: Virgin.net: Memento more-ish
About Memento's complexity, Pearce and Moss, film-noir, the two brother working together and big budgets.

16/10/00: BBC: Memento
About style, story, themes and cast.

Following

Independent Feature Project: Who Follows the Followers?
Nolan's inspiration for Following, the characters, the script, how Chris got to making films and film festivals.

Other

17/06/05: ChristopherNolan.net exclusive interview with Larry Holden
Larry talks about his films and experiences with Chris Nolan (Memento and Insomnia) and future collaborations (Batman Begins).

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