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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 15 July 2017

Tick-Tock: Christopher Nolan on the rhythm of ‘Dunkirk’

By JAKE COYLE their parts, and I wanted to no longer holds much inter-
AP Film Writer try to make the entire film est for Nolan. Though the
NEW YORK (AP) — A tick- that way, and strip the film 46-year-old director grew
ing sound runs throughout of conventional theatrics.” up a major “Star Wars” dev-
“Dunkirk” like an omnipres- When “Dunkirk” hits the- otee, directing one doesn’t
ent reminder that time is aters next Friday, audienc- interest him.
running out for the 340,000 es will find a landmark war “Um, I’m very happy to
British and Allied soldiers film but not a traditional go watch them,” he said,
marooned on the French one. Shot almost entirely laughing. “The cinematic
beach and surrounded by with 70mm IMAX cam- landscape has changed
Germans. It’s a tick-tock ef- eras from Nolan’s atypi- since I started making Bat-
fect woven into the score cally spare 76-page script, man films. When we were
that originated, fittingly, “Dunkirk” is an often word- doing the ‘Dark Knight’ tril-
from Christopher Nolan’s less, almost purely cinemat- ogy, I think it was easier for
own stopwatch. ic experience of dogfights a filmmaker in the position
Nolan is cinema’s great in the air and close scrapes I was in to express a more
watchmaker: a filmmaker at sea. It’s an all-out assault In this March 13, 2008 file photo, director Chris Nolan poses for personal vision of what they
portrait in Las Vegas.
of Swiss precision capable — of tracking shots and wanted to do in a franchise
of bending and shaping montage — by one of the isn’t your standard summer way into this story.’” property.”
time to suit his grandiose, movies’ most maximal film- popcorn fare. But Nolan, Nolan acknowledges he “Dunkirk” might not be an
metronomed movies. Hav- makers. the “Dark Knight” director, feels “a massive responsi- American story, but, No-
ing already reversed time “I loved it,” said Nolan of enjoys a rarified position in bility” to use his stature to lan said, “It needed to be
(“Memento”) and warped shooting at Dunkirk, where the industry, and the story make something unique. made with an American
its fabric (“Interstellar”), No- much of the production of Dunkirk is one he’s want- Having grown up in awe studio budget.” One of the
lan set out to accomplish took place. “The reality of ed to tell since a dramatic of big, bold films like “Law- first things he did to pre-
something different with being there, of being in sailing excursion across the rence of Arabia” and pare was borrow Steven
“Dunkirk,” a movie that nature, frankly, it frees you English Channel in the ‘90s . “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Spielberg’s personal print of
crosscuts three story lines up as a filmmaker to just “We’ve been talking about Nolan believes that “cin- “Saving Private Ryan.”
(on land, sea and sky) from use your eyes, use your Dunkirk as a story for a very ema is working at its ab- “You look at the horror
three different chronolo- ears, and absorb it and try long time,” said Emma solute best is when it’s a that’s presented in that
gies (one week, one day, to capture what speaks to Thomas, Nolan’s wife and grand-scale film that really film, and as a filmmaker
one hour) during the fa- you.” producer. “After ‘Inter- works and does something you go: OK, we don’t want
mous evacuation. For anyone even vaguely stellar,’ we were thinking you haven’t seen before. to chase that in any way
“I wanted to experiment familiar with today’s Holly- about what we might do That for me is always the because he’s done it de-
with a new rhythm,” said wood, it’s obvious enough next and I think I reminded brass ring.” finitively. You also say to
Nolan in a recent interview. that a silent-movie-inspired him of it and pointed him “Dunkirk” is certainly that, yourself: The tension that
“What I wanted to do was epic about the 1940 evac- in the direction of a few especially when imposingly I’m feeling watching ‘Sav-
take what I call the snow- uation of Dunkirk — a semi- books on the subject. He projected on IMAX screens. ing Private Ryan’ is not the
balling effect of the third nal moment of retreat and had a number of things But such scale today is usu- tension I want for ‘Dunkirk.’
act of my other films, where survival for the British but an that he was entertaining ally reserved only for sup- You say: We need this story
parallel story lines start to event not as dearly remem- but then he came back to posedly more bankable to be about survival and
be more than the sum of bered outside the U.K. — me and said, ‘I think I see a franchise films. Such a path suspense.q

Minnesota judge cancels Universal

deal with Prince estate

By JEFF BAENEN and it’s in the best interest The judge said he allowed
Associated Press of the estate to avoid cost- Universal Music Group’s at-
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A ly litigation that could result torneys to see the Warner
Minnesota judge ruled if the deal isn’t canceled. Bros. Records agreements,
Thursday that Universal “As previously noted, this which contain a confidenti-
Music Group should be re- Court believes that the ality clause, to try to resolve
leased from a music rights Estate must proceed in a the conflict. But attorneys
deal with Prince’s estate. cautious manner to pre- for Universal Music Group
Universal struck a deal with serve the assets of the Es- filed a letter last month say-
the estate in January, but tate,” Eide wrote. He said ing their review only con- In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Prince performs at the Forum in
the estate later sought to while rescinding the Univer- firmed that Universal should Inglewood, Calif.
cancel the deal after War- sal agreement “may cer- be released, Eide wrote. Associated Press
ner Bros. Records claimed it tainly be seen as proceed- Eide noted that it has been
conflicted with a contract ing with a lack of caution, suggested Universal is bluff- wrote. the megastar’s multimillion-
it signed with Prince in 2014. the Court believes that ing and would not really Prince died of an acci- dollar estate.
Carver County District the other option of long file a lawsuit in California dental opioid overdose In a joint statement Thurs-
Judge Kevin Eide granted and potentially expensive if he did not rescind the last year. In May, Eide con- day night, Universal and
the estate’s request in a litigation while tying up the contract. But based on the firmed Prince’s six siblings to Prince’s estate said they
ruling late Thursday. The music rights owned by the letter from Universal’s attor- be his rightful heirs, bring- “welcome the court’s ap-
judge wrote that interpret- Estate makes the other op- neys, “this does not appear ing them a big step closer proval of our amicable res-
ing the contracts is difficult, tion more treacherous.” to be a bluff,” the judge to collecting their shares of olution to this matter.”q