We all know what amazing feats the man behind the camera can achieve when we hear that man happens to be filmmaker Christopher Nolan helming the project. Throughout the years, the director has managed to enamor the audience with a storytelling style and exceptional directorial prowess that he’s widely respected for around the world.
While many may know the man, not many may know what made him the poster boy of modern cinema. While talking about the past, Nolan opened up about the days he was shooting his first-ever feature film, titled Following, which was a challenge for him as he had to pay for the production through his own pockets.
Christopher Nolan Reveals Producing His First Film Was A Tough Gig
Known for creating some of the biggest and most recognizable modern-day masterpieces in cinema, Christopher Nolan has ensured that he will go down in history books as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. From the world of indie films to the world of critical and commercial blockbusters, the director has come a long way in his career.
But just like most, there was a time in his life when making his first film became the hardest thing he had ever done.
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In a past interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Inception director was asked about his first feature film Following, and what went into making the film recognized. He revealed that the entire film was shot over the span of a year, where they had to work at a rapid pace since he could only afford to pay for a ten-minute shoot at the time. He said:
“Following is a film we shot on 16 mm in black-and-white with a group of friends. We would shoot every Saturday. I worked out that I could pay, out of my own money, for about 10 minutes of footage each Saturday, for a certain number of Saturdays, spread over a year. We only did one or two takes, and we would have a 70-minute film at the end.”
Thus, after the film was completed, with the help of his wife Emma Thomas, Nolan would go on to send tapes of the film to various film festivals across the world, where people started to take notice of him and his work, and the rest is history.
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What Was Following About?
A classic Nolan masterpiece for the ages filled to the brim with exceptional storytelling and filmmaking prowess he’s known for around the world. Following tells the tale of how a storyteller finds a story that is too real to be fiction, but at the same time, better than any fiction.
The film tells the tale of a struggling writer who has no idea how to come up with a story, which is why he decides to follow random strangers on the streets to find his inspiration. One day, he’s caught by the man he was following, who introduces himself as Cobb. The man, upon hearing the young writer’s reasons, decides to take him on his daily life, which is committing acts of burglary.
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Following, streaming on AMC+.
