Regisseur Christopher Nolan heeft in het verleden al vaker zijn voorliefde uitgesproken over IMAX. Tegenover de DGA (Directors Guild of America) liet hij heir nogmaals over uit en liet ook eens te meer weten geen fan te zijn van 3D. Tevens sprak hij over het gebruik van visual effects in films.
Ondanks dat hij een groot fan is van IMAX gebruikte hij het niet voor Inception (2010). Hij zei er het volgende over: "The operatic quality of 'The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight Rises' felt very well suited to IMAXs larger canvas," says Nolan. "So its different depending on what film you want to do... We didnt shoot IMAX for 'Inception' because we were trying to portray the reality of dreams rather than their extraordinary nature, so we used a handheld camera and shot it in a more spontaneous way."
Over het gebruik van CGI is Nolan niet helemaal overtuigd, ondanks dat er in het eerder genoemde Inception voldoende met de computer gemaakte scenes te zien waren: The thing with computer-generated imagery is that its an incredibly powerful tool for making better visual effects. But I believe in an absolute difference between animation and photography. However sophisticated your computer-generated imagery is, if its been created from no physical elements and you havent shot anything, its going to feel like animation. There are usually two different goals in a visual effects movie. One is to fool the audience into seeing something seamless, and thats how I try to use it. The other is to impress the audience with the amount of money spent on the spectacle of the visual effect, and that, I have no interest in.
Het toevoegen van 3D doet hem helemaal niets. Nolan is duidelijk: "3D is a misnomer. Films are 3-D. The whole point of photography is that its three-dimensional. The thing with stereoscopic imaging is it gives each audience member an individual perspective. Its well suited to video games and other immersive technologies, but if you're looking for an audience experience, stereoscopic is hard to embrace."
Lees het gehele interview op de website van DGA.