{"product_id":"the-nolan-variations-tom-shone-9780525655329","title":"The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, \"as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain\" (Sam Mendes). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn chapters structured by themes and motifs (\"Time\"; \"Chaos\"; \"Dreams\"), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan's thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller\/spy-fi \u003ci\u003eTenet\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable\"--\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with the director's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter.\"--Neal Gabler, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWalt Disney, The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Shone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525655328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525655329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 68","brand":"Tom Shone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051043025151,"sku":"9780525655329","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f509c868-ac6e-4e5a-b4ba-61f9449e6866.jpg?v=1685010748","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nolan-variations-tom-shone-9780525655329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}