“It’s About Time”… …the Mapping of Spatial Temporality in the Cinematic World of Christopher Nolan

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2021-06-18
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The idea of time and space has become a long admired topic in the sphere of cinema. Therefore, one thing is definite, “from its inception, cinema has privileged time”. In one way or another, every film in the history of cinema mastered time. However, some films incorporate the idea of temporality and spatiality on a deeper level. It can be argued that in these films, the idea of temporality and spatiality is intertwined within the narrative of the film, not just the medium itself. Films that work with these ideas create maze-like narratives, where time does not function as an imaginary path that flows in one way, but rather as space, where movement is free to many. In order to explain this phenomenon, the three films of Christopher Nolan will be separately discussed in relation to temporality and spatiality and their conflation.
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