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Christopher Nolan and the Art of Bending Time

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Christopher Nolan and the Art of Bending Time Dunkirk is a corroboration of the fact that ace English filmmaker Christopher Nolan is not only obsessed with the concept of ‘time’ but is at the helm of manipulating it in every successive film of his. Nolan, since his debut film project, has given a relishing and thought provoking experience to the audience. He is perhaps the numero uno when it comes to the issue of marriage of populist blockbuster filmmaking with uncompromising art of direction. He delivers what we may refer to as a ‘holistic production’. Nolan, however, might at the back of his mind reject all of these claims for a simple acceptance of his primary objective- the objective that drives his acumen or vice-versa. It’s the objective that overpowers almost every single production that he has undertaken and will undertake in his future projects. It’s the objective of playing with time. In a way, Nolan is the ‘real-life Doctor Strange’ whose talents are comp