collider.com: Despite his roots as the independent filmmaker behind low-budget classics like Following and Memento, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most prominent blockbuster filmmakers of his generation, and perhaps the truest successor to Steven Spielberg. Nolan often demands extensive budgets for his films, which generally require extensive worldbuilding and intricate designs as a result.
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My first thought when reading this headline was this is utterly ridiculous and idiotic so I have to read more. It turns out Christopher Nolan actually had a really good point. I had never thought about making your set profitable but I suppose if your set is farmland and you're growing corn when the production wraps you can just sell that corn. Although this Prospect seems utterly ridiculous when thinking about it, if it makes sense for the story it makes sense for the production. there are definitely cons to growing a chunk of your set on 100 acres of land such as time and space and having the foresight and resources to think far enough ahead to be able to plant these crops however I now see the Brilliance behind it not only is it a good move for the production but it also very easily can act as a publicity stunt because everyone wants to see the movie where the director demanded 100 acres of corn I know at least I do.
I have known about this fact in Interstellar for a long while. It is still interesting and intriguing to me as a person in tech who possibly wants to go into film. I always think about the logistics of filming the scenes in the corn fields and all of the complications it would bring. I love Interstellar and it is one of my favorite Christopher Nolan films and one of the best science fiction films ever made. Matthew McConaughey will always be one of my favorite actors and he does a really good job in this movie, especially when placed next to a legend like Michael Caine. I really liked how the end of the article discussed the meaning of having the corn be all real and the message it sends to the film industry and to the world. I hope to see Christopher Nolan continue to put is special touch on all the films he will continue to do.
I’ve actually never watched Interstellar, so upon clicking on this article I had absolutely no idea how corn could be such a vital piece that had to be incorporated into this movie. Since I’ve definitely heard a lot about Christopher Nolan’s old-school VFX no-CGI style, I was thinking something along the lines of “each individual corn kernel was being used as a star as a backdrop for the space scenes” but that’s a pretty far-off guess. It was really interesting to read about what a vital part of the symbolism and plot of the movie this cornfield was. Having an actual cornfield is the kind of movie production privilege that really only someone with such a well-established career making a high-budget film like Christopher Nolan would be able to make happen, but it’s an added touch that I think does really improve the film. It’s a worthy addition, and if I was working on that film, I think it would just be better because there was actual corn, versus a greenscreen and somebody saying “oh, we’ll add corn later.”
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