Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan film

[EarlOfHazard]

https://youtu.be/K6BEcoM0zik

[Truckosaurus]

They were filming around Weymouth harbour a couple of weeks ago.

[TEKNOPUG]

Christopher Nolan?

Really? Seems an odd choice.

I see that Harry Styles is in it.......so I can safely presume that he has also found a part for his cousin again too?

The story has already been told. Plenty of other WW2 actions that deserve recognition, whose stories have so far remain untold.

The Battle of Kohima would be a suitable candidate, for example.

[joshleb]

Youtube had an advert for the Dunkirk trailer before the Dunkirk trailer started. Chuckles.


Didn't really give much away, I feel like he's an interesting choice for this type of movie though, we wait and see...!

[Dog Star]

TEKNOPUG said:

Christopher Nolan?

Really? Seems an odd choice.

Really? Eveerything he does seems to be visually breathtaking so I expect nothing less from this.

[TheTrash]

It'll be great, but there'll be the usual PH experts saying the sound levels are wrong or there was too much CGI, etc.

[TEKNOPUG]

Dog Star said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Christopher Nolan?

Really? Seems an odd choice.

Really? Eveerything he does seems to be visually breathtaking so I expect nothing less from this.

I was referring to his previous body of work: Interstellar, Inception, Dark Knight, Memento etc. They all seem a world away from a faithful retelling of an historical event. Will we discover in the end that it was all just a dream of Winston Churchill?

[nicanary]

TEKNOPUG said:

Christopher Nolan?

Really? Seems an odd choice.

I see that Harry Styles is in it.......so I can safely presume that he has also found a part for his cousin again too?

The story has already been told. Plenty of other WW2 actions that deserve recognition, whose stories have so far remain untold.

The Battle of Kohima would be a suitable candidate, for example.

Agree about Kohima/Imphal.Astonishing story which would translate well to a full-length feature film. I don't think there's ever been one, even from the 50s/60s. Indeed I can only recall that Errol Flynn thing - Objective Burma, and that was about the jungle war rather than the battle for the Indian NE territory. Maybe Hollywood thinks what really happened would be considered beyond belief.

[TEKNOPUG]

nicanary said:

Agree about Kohima/Imphal.Astonishing story which would translate well to a full-length feature film. I don't think there's ever been one, even from the 50s/60s. Indeed I can only recall that Errol Flynn thing - Objective Burma, and that was about the jungle war rather than the battle for the Indian NE territory. Maybe Hollywood thinks what really happened would be considered beyond belief.

I believe that there was much interference by both the UK & US governments after the war with regards to painting Japan in a good light, as it was effectively a protectorate of the US, and China & the Soviet Union (Communism) were the new enemy. So the media was very much discouraged from producing films and books about the war in the far East. Most of the films such as Objective Burma were all made during the war.

[lemmingjames]

Christian Bale did a WW2 film set in China during Japan invasion/occupation. Probably about 10 years ago now.

[nicanary]

lemmingjames said:

Christian Bale did a WW2 film set in China during Japan invasion/occupation. Probably about 10 years ago now.

Empire of the Sun? 29 years ago.......

[marcosgt]

TEKNOPUG said:

Dog Star said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Christopher Nolan?

Really? Seems an odd choice.

Really? Eveerything he does seems to be visually breathtaking so I expect nothing less from this.

I was referring to his previous body of work: Interstellar, Inception, Dark Knight, Memento etc. They all seem a world away from a faithful retelling of an historical event. Will we discover in the end that it was all just a dream of Winston Churchill?

Maybe, but the visuals look pretty good.

I like most of Nolan's stuff (Interstellar went a bit too weird for me at the end and Inception looked like a level from COD:MW2 in parts), so I'll be interested to see his take on a WW2 film, personally.

M

[EarlOfHazard]

nicanary said:

lemmingjames said:

Christian Bale did a WW2 film set in China during Japan invasion/occupation. Probably about 10 years ago now.

Empire of the Sun? 29 years ago.......

Was thinking it was that film- unless there's been one since.

[RedLeicester]

EarlOfHazard said:

nicanary said:

lemmingjames said:

Christian Bale did a WW2 film set in China during Japan invasion/occupation. Probably about 10 years ago now.

Empire of the Sun? 29 years ago.......

Was thinking it was that film- unless there's been one since.

Pre WW2, and much less than ten years ago. Flowers of War


As for all the complaints about overdone stories, how many Dunkirk films have there been....? Plenty for D-Day, I can't think of any off the top of my head about Dunkirk since.... erm.... Dunkirk.... which was fifty eight years ago...

Edited by RedLeicester on Friday 5th August 15:38

[Cotty]

RedLeicester said:

As for all the complaints about overdone stories, how many Dunkirk films have there been....? Plenty for D-Day, I can't think of any off the top of my head about Dunkirk since.... erm.... Dunkirk.... which was fifty eight years ago...

I would not have though it a very popular event to make people want to see it. Oh look the Germans are giving our chaps a bloody nose, retreat, retreat.

[Crafty_]

Local radio suggested they were filming on the south coast this week, allegedly some of the stars were spotted having a drink or two in the Obsorne View at Hill Head near Fareham.

[RedLeicester]

Cotty said:

RedLeicester said:

As for all the complaints about overdone stories, how many Dunkirk films have there been....? Plenty for D-Day, I can't think of any off the top of my head about Dunkirk since.... erm.... Dunkirk.... which was fifty eight years ago...

I would not have though it a very popular event to make people want to see it. Oh look the Germans are giving our chaps a bloody nose, retreat, retreat.

Never prevented Titanic.

Or the Pianist.

Or the fking Lion King.

[rufusruffcutt]

RedLeicester said:

As for all the complaints about overdone stories, how many Dunkirk films have there been....? Plenty for D-Day, I can't think of any off the top of my head about Dunkirk since.... erm.... Dunkirk.... which was fifty eight years ago...

Edited by RedLeicester on Friday 5th August 15:38

Atonement springs to mind, which had the epic 5 minute tracking shot.
See link below.

https://vimeo.com/85529607

[RedLeicester]

But to be fair was about luuurve. Not Dunkirk.

[patmahe]

Judging by the trailer (risky I know) it looks good, tense.

The same story can be told from a thousand different perspectives and still be interesting so the fact that there have been films about it before doesn't mean its done from that point of view IMO.