1. Christopher Nolan Made Interstellar More Emotional
One of the most pervasive criticisms of Christopher Nolan is that he's a very "cold" director, never able to add an emotional bent to his stories. That every one of his movies features heroes haunted heavily by loss and plots that hinge on the audience caring for the characters should reveal this as pretty off point, but the complaints persist. Interstellar, his epic sci-fi that treats the words of Neil deGrasse Tyson as gospel, looked to be something that would continue the cries of him being a feeling-less robot. And yet while it did have an epic, science-y majesty to it, Interstellar actually wound up being the director's most emotionally personal film yet. The ending reveals that love is the key to the universe, for Coop's sake. But not only did Interstellar have a strong emotional heart, this was something Nolan himself had really pushed for. The script, by his younger brother, Jonathan, was originally written with Steven Spielberg in mind to direct, only winding up in Chris' hands after a protracted pre-production period. And here's the kicker - Nolan took the idea and somehow made a film intended for the King of Sentimentality more sentimental. The entire Tunnel of Love sequence, with Cooper's relationship with his daughter becoming the key to humanity's survival, was only introduced in later drafts. What other commonly stated facts are wrong? Have your say down in the comments.
