Damien Chazelle is a renowned filmmaker who is known for his fascinating film and storytelling techniques. Chazelle’s unique and stylized approach to his films creates tension and drama, that makes his audience sit at the edge of their seats. Damien Chazelle is full of Christopher Nolan’s 2017 masterpiece, Dunkirk.
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk was a fascinating film that had a gripping plot with jaw-dropping visuals and a perfect portrayal of the evacuation of the allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk during the Second World War. The film was positively received by the critics as well as the fans receiving eight Academy Award nominations and winning three of them while earning over $526 million worldwide.
Damien Chazelle Only had Praises for Dunkirk
Prior to the 89th Academy Awards, Damien Chazelle rolled out compliments for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and compared the 2017 masterpiece to one of the greatest films ever to be created in human history. The film tells the layered story in such a simplistic manner, that too at a perfect pace. He explains that the film reminds him of silent cinema, and even if the film is stripped away from the sounds, it will narrate the story.
“What Christopher Nolan achieved with Dunkirk is a bit like what he has pursued throughout his career. It’s cinema in music, a continuous and unbreathable stream of images and sounds that we feel in an elementary and primal way.”
“For such a gigantic film, which describes such an epic story, it exudes simplicity. Faces, bodies, land, sea and sky. It reminded me of the lessons of silent cinema, when you strip away all but the essentials, you can really watch the beating heart of a thing.”
The La La Land filmmaker continued that the film is a “miracle” and the film is “pure cinema” and Nolan’s genius can attract large audiences to cinema halls across the world.
“The thing, as it happens, is a battle that few people in the United States have heard of. How could a film called Dunkirk, in today’s context, attract so many people to theaters across the country? It’s almost a miracle, it’s a big middle finger to all those who say that there is no longer any room for risk-taking on the big screen.”
“It’s pure cinema, it speaks the same language as the shot that goes from flame to desert in Lawrence of Arabia, or from bone to ship in 2001… In its combination of the wide angle and the subtlety, the huge shot and the tiny, telling every detail, the film comes closer to David Lean’s best work than any recent film whose I remember.”
Damien Chazelle concluded by saying how gifted Christopher Nolan is as a filmmaker and all of his projects are fantastic but in his opinion, Dunkirk is “the most personal and moving film he has ever made.“
Getting compliments in the cutthroat business shows how much Damien Chazelle respects and recognizes Nolan’s creativity and talent for making a moving film. And the comments of the Babylon director showcase how much he respects the hard work of Christopher Nolan.
The Plot and Cast of Dunkirk
Based on the true event of the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II, the film takes place in the 1940s when the allied soldiers from different nations were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, France, and they are getting surrounded by German troops.
The film showcases three different storylines, the first storyline tells the story of Tommy, a British soldier attempting to escape the beach. The second storyline tells the story of Mr. Dawson, his son Peter, and their young friend George, who travel to the English Channel to help in the evacuation of the soldiers. The third storyline of RAF Spitfire pilots providing cover to the Allied soldiers to take on the German airplanes to escape.
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk had a stellar cast that includes: Fionn Whitehead in the role of Tommy, Tom Glynn-Carney in the role of Peter, Jack Lowden in the role of Collins, Harry Styles in the role of Alex, Aneurin Barnard in the role of Gibson, James D’Arcy in the role of Colonel Winnant, Barry Keoghan in the role of George, Kenneth Branagh in the role of Commander Bolton, Cillian Murphy in the role of a Shivering Soldier, Tom Hardy in the role of Farrier and many more.
Dunkirk can be streamed on Hulu.
Source: Variety
