Christopher Nolan opens up about the success he has had with Oppenheimer and what is up next for him as well as his recent feud with Warner Bros.
Nolan started by saying, “There’s a pretty simple argument mathematically for saying the world will end in nuclear Armageddon simply because that’s a possibility. Over an infinite timeline, it’s going to happen at some point.”
He added, “My optimistic human self has to believe we’ll find a way to avoid that, but I don’t take a lot of reassurance in the idea that mutually assured destruction has prevented a cataclysm so far. It’s the ‘so far’ that’s the problem.”
He continued, “With certain films, your timing is just right in ways that you never could have predicted. When you start making a film, you’re two or three years out from when it’s going to be released, so you’re trying to hit a moving target as far as the interest of the audience. But sometimes you catch a wave and the story you’re telling is one people are waiting for.”
Nolan finished by saying, “It’s always daunting when you start to see how the competition for the summer is shaking up. I’ve been releasing summer films for 20 years, and it’s always crowded. People had forgotten what it was like pre-COVID. Not that long ago, there often was more than one big film opening on a weekend. That can be stressful for filmmakers, but it’s better for theaters.”
