{"product_id":"9781350139978","title":"Christopher Nolan : Filmmaker and Philosopher","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Nolan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Robbie B. H. Goh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Nolan is the writer and director of Hollywood blockbusters like \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knight Rises\u003c\/i\u003e, and also of arthouse films like \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInception\u003c\/i\u003e.  Underlying his staggering commercial success however, is a darker sensibility that questions the veracity of human knowledge, the allure of appearance over reality and the latent disorder in contemporary society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This appreciation of the sinister owes a huge debt to philosophy and especially modern thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida. Taking a thematic approach to Nolan's oeuvre, Robbie Goh examines how the director's postmodern inclinations manifest themselves in non-linearity, causal agnosticism, the threat of social anarchy and the frequent use of the \u003ci\u003emise en abyme\u003c\/i\u003e, while running counter to these are narratives of heroism, moral responsibility and the dignity of human choice. For Goh, Nolan is a 'reluctant postmodernist'. His films reflect the cynicism of the modern world, but with their representation of heroic moral triumphs, they also resist it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350139978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40829190275278,"sku":"9781350139978","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e07b3687-8dfb-45e7-aa9d-048840edee05.jpg?v=1643269008","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350139978","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}