Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan

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The result was: not scheduled by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:42, 9 March 2023 (UTC)



Christopher Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker. Nolan's complex storytelling and metaphysical themes distinguish him among other blockbuster filmmakers. After he gained international recognition with his second film, Memento (2000), he received widespread critical acclaim for The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), The Prestige (2006), and Inception (2010). Nolan's films commonly feature themes of epistemology and
 * Most recent similar article(s): No filmmakers or visual artists featured in 2023 up to April 1, but the most recent film-related article would be Meet Kevin Johnson on March 20, 2023.
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 * Promoted: 13 January 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: This'll be my third and final attempt at a TFAR for April Fools' day. The idea is that the blurb contains references to Nolan's films. Firstly, I'd like to have the exact text in the blurb flipped mirrored below it and in blue, a reference to the division of time in Tenet; this would make it meet the length requirement as well. Secondly, I'd like to have the last string of text (which, if mirrored, would just be a repeat of the starting text) bend downwards out of the panel, like it suddenly falls out of the box; this is a reference to being "kicked" out of a dream in Inception. Thirdly, I'd like to have the words in a phrase in the blurb (whether it's on the reversed side or not doesn't matter) be compacted together, getting somewhat close at the ends of the phrase and increasing in closeness until it's an indistinguishable jumble, then unsquishing back to normal; this is a referencer to the time dilation in Interstellar. Fourthly, the caption is the iconic final line from The Prestige. There's some other references we could do (another idea was to have the image be that photo of Nolan inside the frame of a Polaroid photo, a reference to Memento and I'd love to include any other ideas that come up. I realize that a number of the ideas here are ambitious; I didn't put them into the blurb itself because I don't know how to implement them through Wikitext, but I'm hoping that they can be implemented if this is selected for TFA. Thanks everyone!
 * Support as nominator. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 02:23, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I don't think a couple granular film references that most people aren't going to get is a worthwhile TFA blurb. Hog Farm Talk 21:25, 6 March 2023 (UTC)