The Nolan Variations

A rare, intimate portrait of Hollywood¿s reigning ¿blockbuster auteur¿ whose deeply personal billion-dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock.

¿A masterclass . . . brilliant. Immersive, detailed, meticulous, privileged inside-dope.¿ - Craig Raine

More than just the tinkerings of a glass watchmaker, Christopher Nolan¿s films have an unerring grasp of the way time makes us feel. Time steals people away in his films, and he takes careful note of the theft. Time is Nolan¿s great antagonist, his lifelong nemesis. He seems almost to take it personally.

Written with the full cooperation of Nolan himself, who granted Tom Shone access to never-before-seen photographs, storyboards and sketches, the book is a deep-dive into the director¿s films, influences, methods and obsessions. Here for the first time is Nolan on his dislocated, transatlantic childhood, how he dreamed up th