Denis Villenueve seems to be trying to be Christopher Nolan so hard

It generally seems on message boards that people call this mask a reference to Cesar Romaros TV Joker and....I don't see it. The design of it looks almost completely lifted from The Killing, a movie which I believe Nolan has said in interviews was an influence on the scene.


I think you're right that the use of clown masks is mostly intended as a way to bind these men to the influence of the Joker but, when it comes to what influenced it's look, I'm literally only seeing Kubrick. And even if everyone else is seeing Cesar Romero, it is certainly more than enough to use as a way to push back against these tenuous claims that Villeneuve is a Nolan wannabe due to some very minor similarities.


Basically, if your going to hate on Villeneuve for having influences, it's silly to let Nolan off from similar accusations

What's the Nolan analog for Sicario?

I mean if someone is going to hate on directors for having influences, then everybody needs to stick to the Lumière brothers output only.

Nah, The Lumiere Brothers just wish they had been born late enough to also be try-hard Nolan clones.

More like Kubrick. I mean….everyone wants to be like Kubrick

Insomnia



This is a bad thread ofcourse...both are incredible directors and it's a crime they aren't competing for Oscars against each other every year. but that is neither here nor there

Insomnia is a remake! And the original is better than Nolan's effort too.

Sicario is an original film written by Taylor Sheridan. 2 very different pieces of work directorially.

Well it's been a while but from what I recall Hillary Swank was a much bigger character in the US version than Hilde was in the Norwegian.


But if my memory serves me correctly about the three films...


Each film starts off with a dead partner
Revolves around a three actor shuffle of the a world weary cycnical vet (Pacino/Brolin) a murderer who is working with said vet (Williams/Del Toro) and a female POV characters (Swank/Blunt).


The films take place in diametrically placed environments (Alaska/Texas) which the film crescendos in a traffic scene (Logs/Cars)

I'm not doubting similarities in plots and subplots. They are similar in that respect. I'm just saying that they are not comparable in terms of the Directors career paths and the choices they make.

Sicario is Villeneuve's 7th film. Insomnia is Nolan's 3rd. But the big difference is that Insomnia is a remake. It's a subjective matter but when making a remake, all the groundwork has been done before. The plot is there to manipulate and mould. With Sicario, the work Villeneuve and Sheridan would have had to put into the script would have been considerably different.

why then is he trying to steal the popularity of Nolan by marketing dune like a Chris Nolan movie - "you Gotta see this f&&&&&king thing on IMAX" and why are they even involving Nolan to market dune ?

why then is he trying to steal the popularity of Nolan by marketing dune like a Chris Nolan movie - "you Gotta see this f&&&&&king thing on IMAX" and why are they even involving Nolan to market dune ?

Yeah, how dare Villeneuve! Only Nolan is allowed to utilize IMAX.

why then is he trying to steal the popularity of Nolan by marketing dune like a Chris Nolan movie - "you Gotta see this f&&&&&king thing on IMAX" and why are they even involving Nolan to market dune ?

So your position is based on the idea that only one guy can make visual spectacles, and anyone else who wants to do that--in a highly visual medium--is aping him?