Oppenheimer Can Fix Nolan’s 1 Filmmaking Weakness
Christopher Nolan movies are notorious for «bad» sound mixing, but Oppenheimer should fix the acclaimed director’s one filmmaking weakness. Christopher Nolan is one of the most critically lauded, commercially successful filmmakers of the day. From the meta dream-scapes of Inception to the movie-as-illusion trickery of The Prestige, to the time-warping head trips of Interstellar and Tenet, Nolan’s high-concept blockbusters are proof that popcorn flicks don’t have to be dumb. They’re also showcases of craft, with great performances, inspired scores, and state-of-the-art effects. In one technical category, however, the movies of Christopher Nolan consistently fall flat.
Christopher Nolan’s filmography has been plagued by bad sound mixing; in particular, inaudible dialogue. From professional reviews to Letterboxd threads, to those ultimate indices of pop-culture consensus, memes, the problem has loomed large in the discourse around Nolan’s films. Even fellow directors, Nolan says, have called him to say his "dialogue is inaudible." That such a specialized aspect of Nolan's craft has entered the collective consciousness speaks to the severity of the problem, but one need only look to the stories themselves to see why it’s a big deal. Christopher Nolan’s plots and story structures are complicated, his movies often relying on expository dialogue to help audiences keep up. When audiences can’t hear the dialogue because it’s mixed too low, complication leads to confusion. All that, however, may be about to change.
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