Why 🐱 ContemporaryAuteurCinema picked: I think Nolan was at his absolute best when he didn't have a $200M spectacle to lean on.

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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FIlm/comments/1vtrawt/i_think_nolan_was_at_his_absolute_best_when_he/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank"> </a> <!-- SC_OFF --><p>Hot take but for me PERSONALLY, Nolan’s grittier, mid-budget era hits way harder than his massive IMAX spectacles and biopics,yes he is a great director and can flawlessly create the perfect cinematic experience. Interstellar, Inception are one of my fav,The Dark knight trilogy is exceptionally good but when I look at his filmography, the movies that endure as flawless masterworks aren't the ones with world-ending stakes or massive runtimes. It’s the grittier, incredibly disciplined puzzle boxes like The Prestige and Memento.I would also love to include Insomnia there as well,underrated.</p> <p>Why do I say this?I say this because the brilliance relies " entirely"and "only"on the movie's architectural precision, razor-sharp editing, narrative tightness and obsessive character dynamics,incredible acting rather than awe-inspiring visuals, imax camera,cinematography and spectacle.</p> <p>​I still love his modern epics and will always be there on opening weekend,he knows how to create good cinema and is nonetheless a brilliant filmmaker and director,it's just that his epics and historical biopic movies like Odyssey and Oppenheimer dont even come in my top 5 nolan movies </p> <p>What do yall think?</p> <!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Hefty_Arachnid7948" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank"> /u/Hefty_Arachnid7948 </a> <br/> <a href="https://i.redd.it/96lb5v23nkkh1.jpeg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">[link]</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FIlm/comments/1vtrawt/i_think_nolan_was_at_his_absolute_best_when_he/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">[comments]</a>