He’s also producer.
Comment on Christopher Nolan Forgot To Credit Over 80% Of VFX Crew On ‘Oppenheimer’
thisisdee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is that really up to Nolan? I don’t know anything about the industry but is a director in charge of making sure everyone is credited?
ours@lemmy.film 11 months ago
yoichi@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Probably not, but the movie is pretty much defined by him. It’s not just Oppenheimer, it’s “Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer”.
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 11 months ago
He’s also a producer in all his films. He definitely has the clout and oversight to ensure its done. But he’s also a luddite and so it’s not natural for his brain to consider things like that. Remember, this is a guy that doesn’t even have a mobile phone.
gosling@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean, there are also production offices, editors, post-production supervisors, and Universal’s contract with DNEG involved.
If he missed it, then so did dozens of other people. Though the fact that DNEG just laid off like 8% off their workforce in London makes me think that it was a deliberate decision from the studios rather than “Nolan forgetting to do it”
notun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As a director and writer, he wants his name to to be seen, to tell people it’s his film. As a producer, he makes sure the actors appear in the correct order. After that, it’s someone else’s problem.
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 11 months ago
Surely as an actor and director, those people that were integral to achieving his vision getting the recognition they deserve should, ordinarily, be his problem?
notun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes. Typing their names into the credits roll however, isn’t.
ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
a luddite?
that’d quite pathethic coming from someone working at the top of one of the most technology-dependent industry existing today…
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 11 months ago
Maybe I’m using the wrong terminology. But he’s on record as saying he doesn’t like modern technology and will always use analog whenever possible.
6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
And from the article you posted elsewhere, the “Luddite” term comes from his children because he doesn’t use a smartphone. Which he basically says if he had one it would negatively affect his creative productivity. I don’t think that’s unreasonable.
There’s also nothing inherently wrong with practical effects and film stock. On top of that, the practical effects he uses in camera are rarely untouched by digital vfx
laskoune@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He’s not really a “Luddite” : thenib.com/im-a-luddite/
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 11 months ago
Okay, let him explain it in his own words FFS 😭 joblo.com/christopher-nolan-refuses-to-own-a-smar…
1984@lemmy.today 11 months ago
He is not wrong… :)