Founders: #426 How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan
Obsession is the engine of Nolan’s career. This episode examines Christopher Nolan’s life, working methods, and philosophy through The Nolan Variations by Tom Shone. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://www.applovin.com Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders Add your email here and I will send you my top 10 quotes from every episode: https://davidsenra.substack.com
[00:00] Host 1: Christopher Nolan had just spent a long, anxious year trying to secure distribution. He had been turned down by every distributor in town with the same variation of this is great, we love it, we really want to work with you, but this is not for us. This film was personal to him. Memento was born into the world on the back of obsession. Failure to find expression would have been almost inconceivable to Christopher Nolan. Nolan made the movie because he had to. What happens when you make a film is you burrow into it. You dig in so deep so you kind of can't see it anymore.…
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