Director Christopher Nolan is known for avoiding computer-generated effects in his films as much as possible, preferring instead to capture all the action in-camera. But Nolan’s penchant for doing things the old-fashioned way goes beyond what moviegoers see on screen.
In an interview with The hollywood reporter This week, Nolan revealed that his “kids would probably say I’m a total Luddite” because of how tech-averse he is in his working life.
Tenet Director, 2020 tell people He uses a flip phone instead of a smartphone and says he chooses not to be overly “involved” in technology to stay focused.
“It’s related to the level of distraction,” Nolan said. “Having a smartphone all day isn’t very useful to me if I’m going to generate my own material and write my own scripts.”
Back in 2020, he described himself as “very easily distracted.”
“I really don’t want to be online every time I’m bored,” he said at the time. “I do a lot of my best thinking in those in-between moments when people are filled with online activity right now, so that works in my favor.”
But his old-school ways don’t stop there. The computer on which the 52-year-old wrote the script was not connected to the Internet, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Nolan also prefers hand-delivering scripts to actors rather than sending them digitally. While Nolan said it gave him a reputation for “working undercover,” that’s not the case.
“It’s not about secrecy, it’s about privacy,” he said. “It’s the ability to be able to try things, make mistakes, take as many risks as you can. Being able to sit down with someone who’s just read what you’ve written, get their perspective, see how they relate to it in a deeper way .” Very human, face-to-face. “
Beginning with the 2000 hit “Memento,” he has written every one of Nolan’s films except 2002’s “Insomnia.” His latest film, the highly anticipated Oppenheimer, opens on July 21.
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