Christopher Nolan Explains Why He Broke His Long Tradition for Tenet

Director Christopher Nolan has had a tradition of screening the films that inspired his latest movie to his casts before they begin filming, such as showing Heat to the cast of The Dark Knight or screening All Quiet on the Western Front before shooting Dunkirk. But it's a tradition Nolan broke with for his upcoming time-bending espionage thriller Tenet. Nolan explained to Total Film that he didn't want his cast to draw from any specific film for Tenet but rather from their innate understanding of how the espionage/spy thriller genre operates. “Interestingly, this is one of the first films I’ve ever made where we didn’t do any screenings,” Nolan said. “And the reason was, I think we all have the spy genre so in our bones and in our fingertips. I actually wanted to work from a memory and a feeling of that genre, rather than the specifics.” [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://ift.tt/3d6pPca] Nolan, a huge aficionado of the James Bond film franchise, has repeatedly and specifically cited 007 as an influence on him, particularly for Inception. In the new Total Film interview, he credits the Bond character and franchise with his overall passion for spy movies. However, as /Film points out, Nolan admits that, for Tenet, he hasn't revisited the 007 series. “This is definitely the longest period of time I’ve ever gone in my life without watching a James Bond film.” He added that he didn't feel the need to as, “It’s totally in my bones." “I don’t need to reference the movies and look at them again. (Tenet's) about trying to re-engage with your childhood connection with those movies, with the feeling of what it’s like to go someplace new, someplace fresh," Nolan explained. "It actually has to take them somewhere they haven’t been before, and that’s why no one’s ever been able, really, to do their own version of James Bond or something. It doesn’t work. And that’s not at all what this is. This is much more my attempt to create the sort of excitement in grand-scale entertainment I felt from those movies as a kid, in my own way.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=tenet-images&captions=true"] For more on Tenet, watch the latest trailer, find out why Nolan decided to blow up a real 747 rather than use visual effects, and learn what star John David Washington had to say about the plot. Barring any postponement due to ongoing theater closures, Tenet is slated to hit theaters on July 17.

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