<B>This comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of one of modern films most celebrated, successful and intriguing auteurs, Christopher Nolan.</B><BR/><BR/><I>‘What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient…highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate.’ </I> - Cobb, Inception <BR/><BR/><B>How has Nolan become this leading director? </B>Is he the new Kubrick? What do audiences get out of his games?<BR/><BR/> Visually, he offers a<B> steely science-fiction noir </B>with the highlights of <B>big stars</B> and a <B>magician’s flourishes</B>, whether he is tackling Victorian London or the far reaches of outer space. In narrative terms, his films twist and turn, <B>provoking as many questions as they answer</B>.<BR/><BR/> This book will look to <B>crack open the magic box of Nolan’s twisting universe</B>. As a charact