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Why Christopher Nolan Thinks Big Movie Franchises Are Actually Good for Cinema · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Christopher Nolan sits in
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Speaker 1: a relatively rare position as an A list filmmaker, as
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Speaker 1: a director who's managed to forge a successful career making
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Speaker 1: original stories while also helming a megafranchise with his Dark
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Speaker 1: Knight trilogy of Batman films to critical and box office success,
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Speaker 1: and that might explain why Nolan defends big franchises, unlike
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Speaker 1: many other directors at his level reputation who see them
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Speaker 1: as creative landfills. He tells the ap established titles assure
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Speaker 1: a return in audience and get people more of what
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Speaker 1: they want. That's always been a big part of the
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Speaker 1: economics of Hollywood, and the truth is it pays for
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Speaker 1: a lot of other types of films to be made
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Speaker 1: and distributed, but there also always has to be respect
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Speaker 1: for the audience's desire for something new. A healthy ecosystem
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Speaker 1: is about a balance between the two things, and always
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Speaker 1: has been the words of Christopher Nolan, who certainly knows
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Speaker 1: how to make a hit film with an existing story
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Speaker 1: or a brand new one. His latest Oppenheimer is on
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