Christopher Nolan has been discussing his love of the screenplay format, and explaining why he will never write a novel.
Christopher Nolanhas directed some of the most acclaimed and successful blockbusters of the last two decades.
Nolan loves writing screenplays, with a few caveats, as he explained in a recent podcast interview. But that doesn’t mean he wants to segue into books…
Why Christopher Nolan will never write a novel
In a wide-ranging interview on theScriptnotes podcast, Christopher Nolan tells screenwriter John August: “I enjoy the screenplay format very much. I could never write a novel. I wouldn’t know how to find an authorial voice in that way. I love the screenplay form because it’s stripped down. Bare bones. You’re writing thing as if they were facts. Things that happen.
“For me, it’s a really fun way to write. But there are these endless conundrums. Do you portray the intentionality of the character? Do you portray – a character opens a drawer, looking for a corkscrew… unless they pull a corkscrew out, how is anyone ever going to know that?”
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Chris Tilly is the TV & Movies Editor at Dexerto. He has a BA in English Literature, an MA in Newspaper Journalism, and over the last 20 years, he’s worked for the likes of Time Out, IGN, and Fandom. Chris loves Star Wars, Marvel, DC, sci-fi, and especially horror, while he knows maybe too much about Alan Partridge. You can email him here: chris.tilly@dexerto.com.
