{"product_id":"the-nolan-variations-the-movies-mysteries-and-marvels-of-christopher-nolan-isbn-9780525655329","title":"The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, \"as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain\" (Sam Mendes). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn chapters structured by themes and motifs (\"Time\"; \"Chaos\"; \"Dreams\"), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan's thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller\/spy-fi \u003ci\u003eTenet\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable\"--\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with the director's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter.\"--Neal Gabler, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWalt Disney, The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300870312165,"sku":"NP9780525655329","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780525655329.jpg?v=1767740741","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-nolan-variations-the-movies-mysteries-and-marvels-of-christopher-nolan-isbn-9780525655329","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}