Exploring the Structure of Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan had made billion-dollar blockbusters, superhero epics, and films that bent the fabric of spacetime itself. So what does the most technically ambitious director of his generation do next? He strips everything back.

With 2017’s DUNKIRK, Nolan created one of the most audacious structural experiments in modern cinema. This video explains how he did it, in pursuit of an intense, continuous experience that immerses audience in the maelstrom of war.

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