Frontiers in Art Research, 2022, 4(4); doi: 10.25236/FAR.2022.040415.
Linxuan Xu
Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China
In the history of science fiction films, Christopher Nolan and his works are prestigious in the United States and even in the world. Christopher Nolan's unique film style, known as the puzzling narrative, realized the personalized display and brought a new model of shooting techniques in contrast with the conventional. This work mainly discussed Christopher Nolan's film style from the organic combination of the narrative way, the staggered design of suspense in complicated stories, the complex imagination with concise editing, and the construction of time delay and space. Through the interpretation of Nolan's film style, the characteristics of the puzzling narrative were further analyzed, which can be used as the roadmaps for the interpretation of Nolan's series of films.
Christopher Nolan; Film style; Puzzle; Narrative
Linxuan Xu. Analysis on Christopher Nolan's Film Style. Frontiers in Art Research (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 4: 80-82. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2022.040415.
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