Christopher Nolan Recently Watched Bengali Film ¡®Pather Panchali¡¯ & He¡¯s A Satyajit Ray Fan Now
Known for his films such as Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and Dunkirk among others, ace filmmaker Christopher Nolan is on his trip to India, and B-town celebrities are more excited than ever. While SRK had his fanboy moment, Kamal Haasan apologised Nolan for not watching his masterpiece Dunkirk in the theatre.
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Not only Indian celebrities and audience are fans of Nolan¡¯s work, he as well wants to explore Indian cinema. He has just watched Satyajit Ray¡¯s Pather Panchali, and is quite impressed.
¡°I have had the pleasure of watching Mr Ray¡¯s Pather Panchali recently, which I hadn¡¯t seen before. I think it is one of the best films ever made. It is an extraordinary piece of work. I am interested in learning more about Indian film industry and that is the reason why I came.¡±
Satyajit Ray is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.
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Apart from the casual discussions about films, Nolan made a strong point saying that the entire film fraternity is fighting a battle to save celluloid films, and appealed to everyone to not be enticed by the digital platform and instead stick to the celluloid.
¡°What is very important as a film preservationist and as a filmmaker is that I have shown everything on celluloid. We are fighting a battle to save celluloid films in India where people are disbanding the films. People are not realising the importance of celluloid.¡±
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¡°This discussion has risen in the past that why somebody chose to shoot a film in something which is difficult and not digital. They (critics) speak as if filmmaking were a illogical and pragmatic thing to do. But its not. No film is illogical or pragmatic. Films are about dreams, magic, escapism and experience. So, it is about your feeling towards the medium whether you want to work or not work that way. I am somebody who choose to shoot film in something which is difficult than shooting it digitally.¡±
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Nolan said that his aim is to ¡°empower filmmakers to view their choices of medium as one thing they have to fight for.¡± The director was part of the event titled 'Reframing the future of film' along with Dean organised by Film Heritage Foundation and hosted by its director, filmmaker-archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur. Nolan has been promoting film preservation and restoration in the US.
¡°I am really trying to engage filmmakers in this discussion about how we can maintain and improve and continue giving joy through celluloid. What is exciting about meeting people from Indian film industry is that there is a spirit of optimism, films having wonderful future. There is a lot excitement to continue give the audience the reason to leave their home and come together to the theatres to experience their story.¡±
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