You know you have a legendary status in the industry when people start questioning if you made an atomic bomb explode for real just for the shot.

it still astounds me that he didnt get an oscar for flipping france upside down in inception. craziest practical effect ive ever heard.

The craziest thing Nolan sent actors to a black hole just to film interstellar.

The fact that Nolan cares about how good the movie will look and sound years into the future tells you everything you need to know about him as director. He is the director of the people.

Oppenheimer is gonna be a huge hit and it had a production budget of a little over a third of the new Indiana Jones movie's. I hope this will be a wake up call for Hollywood and push them to make more films of substance instead of braindead cashgrabs.

He isn't against vfx he understands that for certain projects practical effects are more suitable, just depends on the project he is working on.

🎶🎶 *IT'S CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S* 🎶🎶 *IT'S CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S* 🎶🎶 *IT'S CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S WORLD OF PRACTICAL EFFECTS!* 🎶🎶 Which is your favorite Christopher Nolan scene pracitcal effect?

No other director is on Nolan's level. Nolan is the one of the best directors. His movies are timeless

Nolan x Cruise colab will be lit!!!

The Dark Knight isn't just one of the best superhero movies. I think it's one of the best movies ever made full stop.

Everyone here is (rightfully) talking about Nolan... but the effort made to produce this video, especially the opening musical number, is just amazing to see!

Truly inspiration work, not just your camera nerdiness but being a great host as well! Cheers

Somehow building revolving corridors, flipping trucks, dropped aeroplane fuselages is "incredible" and yet the fact they grew 850 ACRES OF CORN for Interstellar is just as amazing. In Canada. Surrounded by cold mountains.

Bravo! Excellent video! Nothing like watching a film and being treated to things done right in camera. Chris is helping to keep traditional filmmaking alive. Practical Effects FTW!

I love that Nolan uses practical effects!! Having said that, Dunkirk felt way too small. It should have been hundreds of boats, thousands of planes, and tens of thousands of people because that's how it actually hapoened. It felt like there might be 200 people on the beach.

This is a wonderful analysis on Nolan’s practical effects usage. I do have to admit being a little disappointed that “The Prestige” was passed up as I’m sure that, much like magic, he had complexities that he made feel seamless.

Nolan is absolutely in the top 3 best modern directors, maybe even the best. Doing things for real to mitigate tacky looking effects in future never really occurred to me but it's genius in itself really.

0:40 You interpreted his statement incorrectly. He is saying that there are no fully CGI shots in the movie and that every shot atleast has some practical stuff, not that he didn't use CGI at all.

What's more impressive about him is that he doesn't use a second unit director. That's unheard of for big action films. Most action films or big budget films are shot with second unit directors who shoot all of the action sequences and pick up shots. Not only does Nolan use extensive practical effects... he shoots everything himself! What a beast!

the crazy thing is if you look at the reported budget of Nolan's films made with practical effects they aren't that different from movies that are full of CGI eye sores