The Dark Knight Director Christopher Nolan Arrives In India. Here's Everything You Need To Know
Acclaimed Hollywood director Christopher Nolan has arrived in India for a three-day trip on Friday. Nolan will be taking part in a talk about the future of cinema particularly film. He will also be presenting the 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick&rsquos masterpiece &ldquo2001: A Space Odyssey&rdquo at the Cannes Film Festival.
Acclaimed Hollywood director Christopher Nolan has arrived in India for a three-day trip on Friday. The maker of films like Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight series, Nolan has arrived in India along with his wife and children in Mumbai today morning. A picture of him roaming the streets of Mumbai is doing rounds on the internet.
If you¡¯re wondering what is his agenda for this trip, we have all the info right here. Here is everything Nolan will be doing during his tenure in India.
1. Nolan will be taking part in a talk about the future of cinema, particularly film - a cause that he has become the most dedicated spokesperson for.
2. Filmmaker-archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is all geared up to host him. Also, he is hopeful of the fact that because of his trip to India, it will also draw attention to the cause of film preservation and restoration. Just to jog your memory a little, Nolan has time and again spoken about restoring old film reels. He will also be presenting the 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick¡¯s masterpiece ¡°2001: A Space Odyssey¡± at the Cannes Film Festival to mark the movie¡¯s 50th anniversary.
3. Today, he will be taking a public lecture on ¡®Process and the Non-Deliberate Act¡¯ by visual artist Tacita Dean, which will be followed by a discussion on ¡®Reframing The Future Of Film¡¯ on Monday in Mumbai with Nolan, Dean and Dungarpur.
4. Some agency reports also claim that a roundtable discussion is also planned with prominent personalities of the Indian film industry and that includes Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan, Shyam Benegal and others.
In a PTI interview, Dungarpur, who has also been at the forefront of restoration efforts in Indian cinema and even made a film, ¡°The Celluloid Man¡±, on Indian archivist PK Nair. However, he strongly feels that the film industry here is still apathetic towards its heritage. He was quoted in the same report as saying,
¡°We have got support for a cause which we have been fighting alone. It is fantastic. There was hardly any support from the film industry and people in India. And suddenly you get support from two internationally world-renowned artistes (Nolan and celebrated visual artist Tacita Dean). We want that they (industry people) should be awakened. They should realise that people from across the world are realising things and supporting us, so why not support here.¡±
He didn¡¯t take any names but, Dungarpur also expressed how he reached out to almost the entire industry, including Bollywood and people from southern cinema, but couldn¡¯t feel any help. He added,
¡°They just say what you are doing is great, we are proud of you. Instead of saying I will help you, I have been told others should come and help you. Everybody knows about our foundation, we have done three workshops. We have been voicing for this since three years. We are looking after the heritage of the film industry and we do not get funding to safeguard their heritage.¡±
Nolan will also be present for the screenings of two of his recent films --Oscar-nominated Dunkirk and Interstellar.
