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Why Christopher Nolan Thinks It’s His Duty to Only Make Big Budget Movies · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest as one of the
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  Speaker 1: biggest names in filmmaking.
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  Speaker 2: Christopher Nolan is capable of getting massive budgets from studios
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  Speaker 2: to help realize his visions, but he's also a huge
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  Speaker 2: fan of movies that other directors managed to create with
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  Speaker 2: limited resources, naming recent movies After Sun and Past Lives
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  Speaker 2: as shining examples. And while he appreciates the talent it
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  Speaker 2: takes to work with that limited palette, don't expect them
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  Speaker 2: to make a shift to a smaller scale shoot. Nolan
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  Speaker 2: tells time, I'm drawn to working at a large scale
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  Speaker 2: because I know how fragile the opportunity to marshal those
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  Speaker 2: resources is. I know there are so many filmmakers out
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  Speaker 2: there in the world who would give their teeth to
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  Speaker 2: have the resources I put together, so I feel I
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  Speaker 2: have the responsibility to use them in the most productive
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  Speaker 2: and interesting way. Christopher Nolan's thoughts on the privilege of
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  Speaker 2: working with big budgets, he certainly justifies those budgets. His
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  Speaker 2: last film, Oppenheimer, which was made for around one hundred million,
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  Speaker 2: raked in nearly one billion at the box office.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood,