Is Christopher Nolan the best director who combines art and business?

Many people like to divide movies into two categories: business and art, and give a certain film a qualitative definition at every turn. Gone with the Wind is very artistic. If you count the impact of inflation, this movie is still the number one box office! Star Wars is very commercialized, but how many people have been influenced by this series and how many movies will be made in the future. So do many directors, such as Spielberg. You said I was a businessman, I had Schindler's list, you said I was an artist, and I had Jurassic Park. But they often don't and don't bother to define their own movies. Nolan is different. His films, whether pre-marketing, trailer production, shooting or even word-of-mouth soft articles after release, are full of the same style, that is, literary commercial films! ! ! This is a very interesting positioning, which can meet the needs of people with different tastes in marketing and firmly grasp the pulse of the box office. The film quality that is not too bad can also satisfy the psychosexuality of fans. What I see in my eyes is nothing more than extreme banter to the audience.

Script, photography, sound, editing, scheduling and performance are the most important elements of a film, and the director's task is to mix these elements together. Nolan's plays are well written, which is beyond doubt. Nolan's films have a strong style of the same strain, because of his unique script creation ability among the directors of the new generation. Nolan has many influential movies among fans, but for a larger audience, it is mainly Batman Trilogy and Inception. Here we will make some comparisons with other films, directors or screenwriters with the same theme. The first thing to mention is Iron Man, who is very popular recently. So far, this image, together with the Avengers, has appeared on the screen four times. The directors are jon favreau, Jos Wieden and shane black, while jon favreau, avi arad, Stan Lee and others are the main producers of these four films. None of these people are very famous in China. Veteran fans may know about Jos Wieden. Besides The Avengers, his most famous works are Toy Story and Buffy the Vampire Hunter. But even if the director and the screenwriter are different, the Iron Man series still has a strong style. This is not only because of the limitations of the cartoon's own role, or because the director is from a comedy film, but also because the producer-centered system is invincible in business. Nolan's wife, as the producer of Batman trilogy, plays a self-evident role in it. Inception of The Rise of the Dark Knight and Nolan are also producers themselves. I believe that in the upcoming Superman: Superman: The Man of Steel, even if Nolan is not a director, the director will have a strong Nolan style.

It is the common hobby of many directors to use the same photographers, musicians and editors in their own films. Nolan's film photography was all done by wally pfister, and most of the soundtrack was made by Hans Zimmer. Both of them are masters in their respective fields, but Nolan is not really a master in the field of directing at present. As mentioned above, the director's most important task is to integrate all the film elements. If an excellent project fails, just as Hans' score almost takes people's attention away, it is hard to say that the director's task has been completed. For example, the Lion King was scored by Hans, and this animated film is by no means excellent because of the score. Here, we will quote another film of the same type, which was also recorded by Hans Zimmer. Nolan's contribution to the performance is even more lacking. The only person who won an Oscar in his film is Heath Ledger. Perhaps it is because of this rare wizard that the dark knight can have such unprecedented influence. Nolan's completion, the most important scheduling in action movies, is also unsatisfactory. There are three main points in the timing of action movies: one is to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves, the other is to let the audience know the position of the protagonist, and the third is to control the rhythm of the battle scene. The Mystery of the blur was born at that time, and it felt good. Looking back now, the boring rhythm makes people want to sleep. The humanistic spirit of faith stuffed into The Rise of the Dark Knight is nothing more than fried rice. The only notable of the three films is The Dark Knight. The hot theater, exciting suspense settings and relaxed movie rhythm make people feel good. But "The Dark Knight" is just a chase show for two people after all, which is slightly simpler than a large-scale battle scene. But there is a big war in Inception. The battle in the snow can be said to be the most boring part of the whole movie. Not only are there no visual wonders like reflecting the city and weightlessness fighting, but the audience can hardly tell the enemy from me, which also slows down the overall rhythm of dream crossing. On the other hand, in another movie "Rock Breaking" with Hans as its music, there is a bathroom ambush in which not only the enemy and the enemy judge each other, but also the gunfire is accompanied by editing. In addition, the favorite battle scene comes from "Iron Soldiers", in which the sound, scheduling and camera movements of the encirclement and suppression guerrillas are almost perfect, and even everyone's division of labor is clearly explained without a line. If you have questions or disagree with the above comparison, I hope you can watch these movies or clips one by one.

Of course, if you still strongly disagree with me, there is no need to read the following. If Nolan is not a perfect director, then why can his films have such great influence and even be regarded as masterpieces? I have two views on this. First of all, we must affirm Nolan's rich imagination and creative ability. Inception and Memento are the best representatives. This kind of imagination not only lays a solid foundation for the film quality, but also creates a fantastic life to satisfy the audience. Secondly, I think the success of all films in the information age is the success of marketing. I believe you all have a deep understanding of the strength of fans and the water army, which is why I have always avoided confrontation with Nolan powder. Of course, as a Santer fan, I often pinch others because of a disagreement.

The film itself is a contradiction, because it is both an art form and a commodity. In 20 10, the global box office was $31800 million, $32.6 billion in 2010 and $34.7 billion in 20 12. In the past three years, the top ten movies at the global box office have come from Hollywood every year. It is self-evident that there are no real art films in Hollywood, only films made for awards and box office. However, we can't deny the movie art of Hollywood, because Hollywood is not only a vampire who grabs the box office, but also many movies that you love and hate. When you are limited to whether a movie is commercial or artistic, what you lose is the fun and attitude of watching movies. As mentioned above, Nolan found a very appropriate position in this contradiction. He defined the form of commercial art films, so he was regarded as a heaven and man by many people. But if you really abandon the narrow definition of film and turn your eyes from marketing, soft writing and film criticism to the film itself, you may think Nolan is still a great god, but you may also find that he is just a mortal.