Sažetak | This master’s thesis deals with the filmography of Christopher Nolan and his style, and it analyses in detail three of his films: Memento (2000), The Prestige (2006) and Inception (2010). The first chapter focuses on Christopher Nolan’s film style, i.e., it explains the most common techniques he uses, such as nonlinear narration, playing with reality and dreams and his eagerness to include viewers in the cinematic experience. Furthermore, it explains why Nolan is considered to be a postmodernist film director, as well as why his films are modern film noirs. In the next chapter, his first Hollywood film, Memento, is interpreted. It deals with the inverted narration of going back in the past and analyses the characters, such as Leonard and Natalie, whose motifs and memories are portrayed. What is more, the connection between classical film noir and Memento is drawn. The following chapter is concerned with The Prestige, a film in which Nolan uses magic to explain the process of filmmaking. In this, as in many of his films, Christopher Nolan uses ambiguity and clues in narration, because of which the audience must conclude whether Angier’s and Borden’s actions are moral. Additionally, this chapter explains the phenomenon of duplicity, as well as the personality of characters, i.e., what drives them and who they are. Lastly, the final film that is evaluated is Inception, a film in which Nolan blurs the lines between dreamworld and reality, he emphasises the importance of dreams on characters whose actions have been influenced by their past, and the film mostly concentrates on the main character Cobb, i.e., on his path as he accepts the death of his wife Mal and returns to his children James and Phillipa. In the last chapter, all three films are compared based on the main topics that can be found in their plots (inverted narration, film noir elements, the inclusion of audience, identity, and morality). |
Sažetak (hrvatski) | Ovaj diplomski rad bavi se filmografijom Christophera Nolana i njegovim stilom, a detaljno analizira njegova tri filma: Memento (2000.), Prestiž (2006.) i Početak (2010.). Prvo poglavlje fokusira se na filmski stil Christophera Nolana, odnosno objašnjava najčešće tehnike kojima se koristi, poput nelinearne naracije, poigravanja sa stvarnošću i snovima te uključivanje gledatelja u kinematografsko iskustvo. Nadalje, opisano je zašto se Nolana naziva postmodernističkim filmskim redateljem, kao i zašto su njegovi filmovi moderne verzije film noira. U sljedećem poglavlju analizira se njegov prvi holivudski film Memento. U filmu se ističe obrnuta naracija koja se vraća u prošlost te se analiziraju likovi, poput Leonarda i Natalie, čiji su motivi i sjećanja predmet analize. Štoviše, povlači se veza između klasičnog film noira i Mementa. Sljedeće poglavlje bavi se filmom Prestiž, u kojem je Nolan koristio magiju kako bi objasnio proces snimanja filma. U ovom, kao i u mnogim svojim filmovima, Christopher Nolan koristio je dvosmislenost i prekrivene narativne elemente, zbog kojih je na publici da zaključi jesu li Angierovi i Bordenovi postupci moralni. Dodatno, ovo poglavlje analizira fenomen dvoličnosti i osobnost likova, odnosno što ih pokreće i tko su oni. Te na kraju, posljednji fil koji je obrađen je Početak, film u kojem Nolan briše granicu između svijeta snova i stvarnosti, naglašava važnost snova kod likova, na čije je postupke utjecala njihova prošlost, a uglavnom se koncentrira na glavnog lika Cobba, to jest na njegov put tijekom kojeg je morao prihvatiti da je njegova žena Mal umrla te da je spreman vratiti se svojoj djeci Jamesu i Philippi. U posljednjem poglavlju uspoređuju se sva tri filma na temelju glavnih tema koje se mogu pronaći u njihovim radnjama (obrnuta naracija, elementi film noira, uključivanje publike, identitet i moral). |