{"product_id":"from-doodlebug-to-oppenheimer-konrad-kirsch-9783869050379","title":"From Doodlebug to Oppenheimer: An Analysis of Christopher Nolan's Film Work","description":"This is a book on the films of Christopher Nolan, who is internationally well-known by his film \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe analysis of the corpus formed by Christopher Nolan's works allows us to derive its poetics. The \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ekey to this is provided by the magic tricks script in \u003ci\u003eThe Prestige\u003c\/i\u003e. All of Nolan's films from \u003ci\u003eInsomnia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eonwards are influenced by this aspect. The analysis not only shows how outstanding Nolan's films \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eare, but they also prove to be surprisingly political. Other key topics in this analysis: the attack on the Kiev Opera house in \u003ci\u003eTenet\u003c\/i\u003e and the Russian war against Ukraine in 2022; the references in \u003ci\u003eInception\u003c\/i\u003e on Andrei Tarkovsky's \u003ci\u003eSolaris\u003c\/i\u003e; the relation of the dead female characters in Nolan's films to Edgar Allan Poe's \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Composition\u003c\/i\u003e; in Nolan's later films, the canary birds of \u003ci\u003eThe Prestige\u003c\/i\u003e transformed into planes; the escape from earth in \u003ci\u003eInterstellar\u003c\/i\u003e complemented by the evacuation in \u003ci\u003eDunkirk\u003c\/i\u003e; the interdependencies between \u003ci\u003eInterstellar\u003c\/i\u003e and Zack Snyder's \u003ci\u003eMan of Steel\u003c\/i\u003e; neoliberalism reflected in Michael Mann's thriller \u003ci\u003eThief\u003c\/i\u003e; the allusions in \u003ci\u003eTenet\u003c\/i\u003e on the James Bond film \u003ci\u003eSkyfall\u003c\/i\u003e by Sam Mendes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Konrad Kirsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3869050373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783869050379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Axel Menges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.47h x 9.47w x 0.48d","brand":"Konrad Kirsch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448041713919,"sku":"9783869050379","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3fda42c7-57ac-4ccf-8f8d-e3ad092b779a.jpg?v=1777236500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-doodlebug-to-oppenheimer-konrad-kirsch-9783869050379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}