{"product_id":"christopher-nolan","title":"Christopher Nolan","description":"\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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54223422292312,"sku":"9781350139961","price":82.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350139961_117d22b5-8361-4c02-8b3f-c13f202e59fe.jpg?v=1751400049","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/christopher-nolan","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}