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Loser slave of the system :(
is batman in this?
that's evidence enough for me. You should probably spoiler tag that as to not ruin the movie for everyone else.wRATH2x said:Well he is Batman...
SpeedingUptoStop said:IIRC, there are only 3 films coming out this year:
Toy Story 3
Scott Pilgrim
INCEPTION
then there's everything else.
True Grit is this year too? Well then, yea, we seem to be on the same page.DanielPlainview said:True Grit, 127 Hours and Tree of Life as well, then I agree with you.
Yep, not til Christmas day though.SpeedingUptoStop said:True Grit is this year too? Well then, yea, we seem to be on the same page.
wRATH2x said:Me and the boys gone eat you alive if you don't take this back to Nolan and Inception.
Before this afternoon's Warner Bros. presentation at ShoWest I asked Christopher Nolan how much he was about to reveal about Inception, and he replied "Not much." And while the selected footage he showed off revealed very little about the story, and exactly what's causing all the amazing visuals and fight scenes, it was all stunning. Almost too much to process, really-- the minute I started scrawling notes aboutpeople falling down snowy mountains, it was on to a scene of Joseph Gordon-Levitt floating in zero gravity and tying up a bunch of corpses.
Perhaps the biggest plot detail revealed is that Leonardo DiCaprio's investigator character isn't just using technology to jump into peoples' minds, but into their dreams-- as he sees it there are people who would use this dream-investigation technology for evil, and it's up to him and partner Joseph Gordon-Levitt to stop them. One of the few dialogue scenes involves the two of them explaining their job to Ken Wantanabe's character, though it's unclear exactly who he is and if he's on their side during the action scenes we see later. And despite initial speculation that Gordon-Levitt may be a villain character, he and DiCaprio seems to be partners-- though DiCaprio does let him have it in one scene, which might mean a rift develops between them that makes Gordon-Levitt the villain in the end.
We finally get to see Michael Caine in the film, seemingly some kind of recruitment officer for the agency that employs DiCaprio, convincing Ellen Page to join his time. "Like job placement?" Page asks, making both of them chuckle. Will Michael Caine's character basically be DiCaprio's equivalent of Alfred? We can only hope so.
There was a lot more Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the footage, which convinced me he's more of a lead role than I previously believed, but there was also intriguingly little of Marion Cotillard-- we see her holding a gun a few times, but mostly she's shown crying or smiling or hugging DiCaprio. Her character may very well be the most mysterious of them all.
It's hard to describe much of the scenery featured in the movie, from the elevator opening into a room without gravity to the city folding up and falling into the ocean and Ken Wantanabe's gorgeous office. Because so much of the movie apparently takes place in dreams, much of the imagery follows no rules of logic-- just beauty. I'm not sure how much of the Inception footage screened today will ever make it into a trailer or online-- Nolan seemed mostly to want to throw a bone to the exhibitors who will be showing his crazy esoteric movie-- but it made me all the more excited for what Inception had to offer. In the midst of a really impressive WB presentation, Inception was probably the most exciting of all.
There's lots more still to come from today's Warner Bros. presentation, so keep checking back!
DMczaf said:More JGL? Someone hold back Guzim!
Guzim said:And DM, I'd spoiler tag the last line in the second paragraph about JGL.
http://www.collider.com/2010/03/25/...-cameras-they-used-pre-viz-wb-and-a-lot-more/Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas Interview INCEPTION - They Talk 3D, What Kind of Cameras They Used, Pre-Viz, WB, and a Lot More!
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted:March 25th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
At this years ShoWest in Las Vegas, I got to participate in a roundtable interview with writer/director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas for their upcoming Warner Bros. movie Inception as a reporter for our partners at Omelete. While Inception has been shrouded in mystery, at ShoWest, Nolan finally unveiled some of the movie to theater owners and I got to see the footage.
While I still dont know that much about Inception, the footage revealed Leonardo DiCaprio plays someone who can go into your dreams and steal information. He also works with others that can do the same thing. Since many of you might not want to know more than that just know the footage looked incredible and the film is going to be huge. For more than that, heres my full write-up.
Anyway, during the interview Nolan and Thomas talked about trying to keep the film a mystery while still having to promote it. They also talked about where the idea came from, his relationship with Warner Bros., what kind of cameras he shot with (IMAX, anamorphic 35mm, 65mm, and VistaVision), what does he think of 3D, how much does he pre-viz, and so much more. If youre a fan of Chris Nolan, its a fantastic interview and one you have to read:
As always, you can either read the transcript below or listen to the audio by clicking here.
And one last thing if youre looking for Batman or Superman info we didnt discuss it. Id heard through he just wanted to talk about Inception, and thats what we did. While I might have been tempted to break the rules when talking to someone else I think Nolan is one of the best filmmakers in the world and I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. If he just wants to talk about his latest than thats what I was going to do.
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Question: I speak for everyone when I say thank you for showing footage today.
Chris Nolan: Oh, thank you for coming and watch it.
Emma Thomas: We think it was time.
Nolan: Time to show something, yeah.
Could you actually talk a little bit about the fact that you have kept the film under such a very mysterious cloak, but yet you do have to talk about it and promote it because the cost of making a movie?
Nolan: Yeah, absolutely. I was saying it in there but I really believe that for me the most gratifying cinematic experiences as a viewer have always been films that I didnt know what to expect. Right from when I first saw Star Wars when I was a kid in 1977. My uncle had told me to go see it. He said youd probably get a kick out of it. But I didnt really know anything about it. And I can remember looking at the poster and looking at the characters and not knowing anything specific about it. And then it just took me on this incredible journey. And I think that films like Avatar, when you sit down you dont really quite know what to expect. I think thats the most exciting form of movie making. It provides a huge challenge from a marketing point of view because you have to give people enough. Youve got to give them a reason to go see the film. So were really trying to strike a balance between, not sort of shrouding the thing in secrecy or anything like that. Its really just a question of the best explanation of what the inception is watching the film and completely get it and I think hopefully really enjoy it. Talking about it is a little tricky.
Did you have a long conversation with your actors, especially Leonardo, about the concept of the movie which is quite surprising? I mean for you guys to be on the same page as far as dreams and what can
Nolan: Oh yeah, definitely. Leo primarily because he was the first to come on board. And hes an actor whos absolutely relentless in his demands for authenticity of the character. The truthfulness of what he talks about the underlying truths of the character-emotional truths. The journey that character is on, and so we spent months talking about the script and re-writing the script. I spent a long time re-writing the script to make sure that the emotional journey of his character was the thats the driving force of the movie. Thats the journey the audience is on and he, as a great actor and a great movie star with his charisma and his emotional openness to the audience, he carries the audience through on that journey.
I was curious if you could talk about IMAX and 3D? These are both things that are you really pioneered what IMAX could do with Dark Knight and 3D seems to be a revolution and its changing everything. Could you talk about your feelings about 3D and also with IMAX, did you shoot any of Inception in IMAX or was it all done in post?
Nolan: We shot the film with a mixture of mostly the predominant bulk of the film is anamorphic 35mm, which is the best quality sort of practical format to shoot on by far. We shot key sequences on 65mm, 5 perf not 15 perf, and we shot VistaVision on certain other sequences. So weve got a negative - a set of negative - thats of the highest possible quality except IMAX. We didnt feel that we were going to be able to shoot in IMAX because of the size of the cameras because this film given that it deals with a potentially surreal area, the nature of dreams and so forth, I wanted it to be as realistic as possible. Not be bound by the scale of those IMAX cameras, even though I love the format dearly. So we went to the next best thing which was 65mm. So we have the highest quality image of any film thats being made and that allows us to reformat the film for any distribution form that wed like to put it in. Were definitely going to do an IMAX release. Were excited about doing that and using our original negative 65mm photography to maximize the effect of that release. 3D I think is an interesting development in movies or the resurgence of 3D. Its something were looking at and watching. There are certain limitations of shooting in 3D. You have to shoot on video, which Im not a fan of. I like shooting on film. And so then youre looking at post-conversion processes which are moving forward in very exciting ways. So really, for me, production of a large scale film is all about recording the best, highest quality image possible so that you can then put it in any theatre in the best way possible. And 65mm film, IMAX film, VistaVision, 35mm, thats the way you do that.
I heard that right before I think you mentioned you were working on this for like what 13 years?
Nolan: I mean the script specifically about 10 years. 9 or 10 years. I cant remember exactly.
Why is it because its so complex or because you had other projects in between?
Nolan: Well, I certainly been a little busy in the meantime, but I think I first pitched it to the studio right after I shot Insomnia. And they were quite excited about what I was pitching them, but I realized that I wasnt ready to develop it. I wasnt ready to write it at that point. And I think that over the last 10 years it stayed in my head as a concept and as a really exciting sort of narrative structural idea and this sort of heist movie thing thats going on with the film. But I think I didnt know how emotionally to engage with it. I didnt know how to finish the script emotionally in a sense. And I think I sort of grew into the project in a way and then I think Leo coming on board has been really the end of that process for me because with his attention to the emotional life of the character and what that should mean to the audience, I think I finally found that emotional connection with the material that I depend on as a filmmaker, because what Ive realized about myself over the years is if I dont engage with something on that level, Ill never sustain my interest in it for the 2 years it takes to make it.
Where did this idea of stealing an idea come from
Nolan: Well, I stole it. Its a little risky putting yourself out there again stealing ideas, yes. It really came about as a result of I dont remember specifically where the idea came from except that once I started exploring the idea of people sharing a dream space-entering a dream space and sharing a dream. That gives you the ability to access somebodys subconscious. What would that be used and abused for? That was the jumping off point. And clearly being able to extract information from somebodys brain would be the obvious use of that because obviously any other system where its computers or physical media whatever, things that exist outside the mind, they can all be stolen up until this point or up until this movie I should say, the idea that you could actually steal something from somebodys head was impossible. So that, to me, seemed a fascinating abuse or misuse of that kind of technology.
Im curious if you could talk about producing and producing specifically this project? How is Chris-Mr. Nolan-changed, if you will, over the last few years? If at all.
Thomas: Not much, Id say. Chris we met when I was 18 and Chris was 19. And he had already known at that point for I think 10 years that he wanted to direct films. So hes always been a very singular hes had a singular ambition. And I would say he hasnt changed enormously except that I think youre right when you say you sort of grew into this project. Its like a lot of the things basically the other films that hes made in the years leading up to this have informed what this film is. We did a lot of the things that we couldnt do with the Batman films because of limitations of source material or 1whatever. And we did a lot of things that we had learnt how to do and does that answer your question? Not terribly well probably.
How much in pre-production are you guys I mean do you guys figure out anything when youre there on the set or is a lot of it is it all figured out in pre-production and pre-viz and stuff like that?
Thomas: You dont tend to do pre-viz very much but what our approach is is that we tend to prepare for any eventuality so that Chris then and the actors then have on-set the freedom to, you know, improvise to a degree.
Nolan: Yeah, you try to have a plan and a framework for scene in a particular location so that everyone knows whats going on, but then you try and work with people who can construct that framework for you with the ability to still be spontaneous with the ability to still be flexible. We dont use any pre-viz. A little bit of storyboarding. Pre-viz of visual effects, thats about it. And even that Ive found to be of limited usefulness quite frankly. If you can construct a framework-a production framework, which Emma is able to do, with the heads of departments we work with. Weve worked with them before so they trust us and they can work within that modis-operendi, you know of just really arriving on-set not knowing exactly how things are going to play out. Letting the actors define that because thats what we learned from small scale films is you drive a scene. You let the actors run the scene and you talk to them about it and then you shoot the scene based on that. And it seems a great shame when you lose that when youre making a bigger film. Certainly Batman Begins and being the first very large scale film we put together, we had to make that in a precise way. And after that experience, I spoke to my DP and we talked to Wally and we talked to Nathan and those guys about trying to retain more of what wed done in small films than big films. Letting the actors and letting the characters drive the production process. I think all the different people we were working with on this film really embraced that.
Youve made a series of darker and complex movies, is there a desire to do something more on the lighter side?
Nolan: I dont know really. I dont really think of films in terms of light and dark. I think that Im often surprised particularly with the two Batman films weve made, Im sort of surprised that people would think of them as having a dark tone because, to me, theyre actually very optimistic and theyre actually full of, I think, emotionally positive things as well as negative things. And I think that balance of light and dark is something I look for in a story. I think Inception is very much founded mostly on extremely positive human emotions. But I see the balance of dark and light is something that is necessary for me to be interested in a story. But I dont think Ive ever defined what that balance should be in my head. Its just how do I respond to something emotionally.
Very briefly, can you talk about how was it working with Ken Watanabe?
Nolan: It was terrific working with Ken again. I had a great experience on Batman Begins and I wrote the part very much with him in mind as I finished the script. And its just been wonderful being able to work with Ken. Hes got such incredible talent and charisma. Hes a really lovely person to have around.
I know you have to go, but whats it like for you guys having in essence the keys to the kingdom at Warner Brothers? Like you guys seem to be able to make the movies you want to make and also, you know, theres other things, which I will not talk about, that are going on too. But I mean, whats it like being in that position?
Nolan: Well, I dont think weve ever really felt like we are in that position. I mean, weve always had since we did Insomnia with them, weve always had a very, very positive experience with those guys and theyve been extremely fair and consistent as collaborators. Supportive but challenging. You know, its been a genuine collaboration and so you know its never really been a question of them saying, oh go off and do what you want. Theyre extremely hard in their scrutiny of the way we put a film together-as they should be, because its their money. Its their name on the front of the film and so theyre very close collaborators with us in that. And I wouldnt say I feel that with our success theyve really treated us any differently than they did when we first started. Thats one of the things I really like about them.
Fuck yeah Nolan.3D I think is an interesting development in movies or the resurgence of 3D. Its something were looking at and watching. There are certain limitations of shooting in 3D. You have to shoot on video, which Im not a fan of. I like shooting on film. And so then youre looking at post-conversion processes which are moving forward in very exciting ways. So really, for me, production of a large scale film is all about recording the best, highest quality image possible so that you can then put it in any theatre in the best way possible. And 65mm film, IMAX film, VistaVision, 35mm, thats the way you do that.
We didnt feel that we were going to be able to shoot in IMAX because of the size of the cameras because this film given that it deals with a potentially surreal area, the nature of dreams and so forth, I wanted it to be as realistic as possible. Not be bound by the scale of those IMAX cameras, even though I love the format dearly.
And I think that films like Avatar, when you sit down you dont really quite know what to expect
Nolan wasn't taking time out of his schedule to watch the terrible first trailer of Avatar!SpeedingUptoStop said:This is also very telling.
Very telling of the fact Christopher nolan's mind doesn't exist in our universe, where the rest of the of us figured out the ending of the film before the first trailer was even over.:lol
Guzim said:Nolan wasn't taking time out of his schedule to watch the terrible first trailer of Avatar!
Scullibundo said:May he enjoy the same success.
But what kind of videogame?DMczaf said:I can't wait for Christopher Nolan's Inception: The Video Game from Ubisoft and my Leo in a Bathtub toy from McDonalds.
Yeah, April fools.ezekial45 said:.....
One shot was from The Prestige.Jibril said:Yeah, April fools.
wat the fuck, how did they get that (seemingly new footage) in there?!
I actually fell for it. My goddam internet connection made the video freeze exactly before the moment they go"April fools y'all", so i had watched the same thing twice before knowing it.Guzim said:One shot was from The Prestige.
thank god he's still saneGuzim said:Fuck yeah Nolan.
Hey that avatar is Kosma'sJibril said:Yeah, April fools.
wat the fuck, how did they get that (seemingly new footage) in there?!
wRATH2x said:Hey that avatar is Kosma's
Anyway, will try the minigame soon.
I'll miss that Polish fuck :'(Jibril said:Kosma will never be forgot. I must honour him.
Not really, mine is superior.. oh shi-
I feel like Scar from Lion King.
wRATH2x said:I'll miss that Polish fuck :'(
Anyway, Inception really is only 3 months away, and I feel like we still have a long way to go.
They'll arrive and find nothing.DMczaf said:WonderCon's twitter revealed that Inception will be at the WB panel today. Lucky WonderCon people![]()
Inception is a heist film about guys who can create dreams for people, bring them in and use that to steal their thoughts
Nolan says he loves IMAX but it wouldnt have suited Inception.
Nolan influenced by Kubrick, Malick, early Ridley Scott, and seeing Star Wars for the first time. Pretty much just like every movie fan.![]()
Christopher Nolan says that despite the sci-fi trappings, "Inception" is a heist movie. A wacky, brainy heist movie.
INCEPTION looks like a dream-state industrial espionage thriller. Aka "The Freud Supremacy." Or "The Jung Identity."
"Inception" looks stunning. It may be stunning as a movie, or just a massive mindf***. That would be OK, too.
I think INCEPTION could be the perfect Nolan movie - lots of ideas, which is what he's best at.
Nolan influenced by Kubrick, Malick, early Ridley Scott, and seeing Star Wars for the first time. Pretty much just like every movie fan.![]()