<p><b>A rare, intimate portrait of Hollywood¿s reigning ¿blockbuster auteur¿ whose deeply personal billion-dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock. <br></b><br>¿A masterclass . . . brilliant. Immersive, detailed, meticulous, privileged inside-dope.¿ - Craig Raine <br><br>More than just the tinkerings of a glass watchmaker, Christopher Nolan¿s films have an unerring grasp of the way time makes us <i>feel</i>. Time steals people away in his films, and he takes careful note of the theft. Time is Nolan¿s great antagonist, his lifelong nemesis. He seems almost to take it personally.<br><br>Written with the full cooperation of Nolan himself, who granted Tom Shone access to never-before-seen photographs, storyboards and sketches, the book is a deep-dive into the director¿s films, influences, methods and obsessions. Here for the first time is Nolan on his dislocated, transatlantic childhood, how he dreamed up th