The lengths Christopher Nolan went to capture authenticity in Dunkirk makes the film a modern marvel of filmmaking. Christopher Nolan's 2017 WWII film Dunkirk is not your average war movie. Sure, there are epic battle scenes, heart-pounding aerial dog fights, and the well-earned gravitas one would expect to see in a film about the Great War. However, Nolan took this well-trodden genre and put himself through a near-impossible cinematic gauntlet in order to create a film that was as real and harrowing as its source material, from shooting on location at the actual evacuation site in Dunkirk, France to mounting 80 lb. IMAX cameras to Spitfire cockpits while they performed maneuvers in the air. In this video essay, Oscar Watson explores the massive scale of the Dunkirk production by highlighting the many practical effects (and the incredible techniques used to create them) that made the film not only memorable but a wildly visceral experience. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 18 October, 2019