Ever wonder about why you can't hear some things in a Nolan movie? You're not the only one. Christopher Nolan has been taking some heat over his sound design for a while. I feel like the conversation around it really picked up with the release of Interstellar, which had whole snippets of conversations that were drowned out by the music and roar of engines. Nolan has defended these choices in interviews before, but now, he has also done it in print. Tom Shone’s new book The Nolan Variations reveals a side of Nolan we never expected. He's actually surprised about moviegoers and their conservative views about sound. “We got a lot of complaints,” Nolan said about Interstellar's sound design. “I actually got calls from other filmmakers who would say, ‘I just saw your film, and the dialogue is inaudible.’ Some people thought maybe the music’s too loud, but the truth was it was kind of the whole enchilada of how we had chosen to mix it.” I wonder who called him? Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 13 November, 2020