Christopher Nolan is often praised for his takes on film and preserving the cinematic experience, and now he’s praising a peer for their work.
The Atlantic recently published a profile about Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind projects like Watchmen, Batman v Superman, and the recent Netflix hit Rebel Moon. Titled ‘Zack Snyder, The Director People Love to Hate,’ the publication spotlighted Snyder’s rocky relationship with film culture, but he has one major supporter in the industry.
Collaborators on Man of Steel, Christoper Nolan & Zack Snyder, have been connected for years, with Nolan playing a part in Snyder’s recovery after the Justice League-era drama.
Speaking to The Atlantic, Nolan talked about Snyder’s impact on the industry. “There’s no superhero science-fiction film coming out these days where I don’t see some influence of Zack,” says the filmmaker. “When you watch a Zack Snyder film, you see and feel his love for the potential of cinema. The potential of it to be fantastical, to be heightened in its reality, but to move you and to excite you.”
The relationship between the two filmmakers runs deep, with this statement following the recent comments where Nolan calls Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen “ahead of its time.”
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Nolan is currently running an Oscars campaign for his 2023 hit Oppenheimer, while Snyder is promoting the recently-released Netflix film Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire.
After crash landing on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a stranger with a mysterious past, begins a new life among a peaceful settlement of farmers. But she soon becomes their only hope for survival when the tyrannical Regent Balisarius (Fra Fee) and his cruel emissary, Admiral Noble (Ed Skrein), discover the farmers have unwittingly sold their crops to the Bloodaxes (Cleopatra Coleman and Ray Fisher) – leaders of a fierce group of insurgents hunted by the Motherworld.
Tasked with finding fighters who would risk their lives to defend the people of Veldt, Kora and Gunnar (Michiel Huisman), a tenderhearted farmer naive in the realities of war, journey to different worlds in search of the Bloodaxes, and assemble a small band of warriors who share a common need for redemption along the way: Kai (Charlie Hunnam), a pilot and gun for hire; General Titus (Djimon Hounsou), a legendary commander; Nemesis (Doona Bae), a master swordswoman; Tarak (Staz Nair), a captive with a regal past; and Milius (E. Duffy), a resistance fighter. Back on Veldt, Jimmy (voiced by Anthony Hopkins), an ancient mechanized protector hiding in the wings, awakens with a new purpose. But the newly formed revolutionaries must learn to trust each other and fight as one before the armies of the Motherworld come to destroy them all.
The cast of Rebel Moon includes Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Stuart Martin, Cary Elwes, Corey Stoll, Michiel Huisman, Alfonso Herrera, Ed Skrein, Cleopatra Coleman, Fra Fee, Rhian Rees, Jena Malone, E. Duffy, Charlotte Maggi, Sky Yang, and Staz Nair.
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire is now on Netflix. Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver premieres on Netflix on April 19, 2024.
