Larger-than-life, action-packed, ideas-driven and (mostly) original, they're created to be big screen spectacles that awe mass audiences and drive hefty returns. For Nolan to say that his latest, “ Tenet,” a palindromic global spy thriller starring John David Washington, is his most ambitious is no small thing. Add the fact that it’s the first major Hollywood film in the COVID-era to open in U.S. cinemas in almost six months and you can understand why even “event film” feels too small for “Tenet.”In the best of times releasing a film is exciting and tense. It is a film that has been brewing in Nolan’s mind, in some ways, for decades. Seven international locations is a massive undertaking for any film, but in each one there was a big action set piece to accomplish.

Source: International New York Times September 02, 2020 16:52 UTC