As a complement to the colloque organized by Figura (UQAM), we present a series of films that all testify to a way of playing with time that can take the form of uchrony, retrofuturism or even parallel worlds. Cinema, by its very nature, has developed fictions that recompose, destructure and virtualize the time of action and narratives. Several films of the last decades, from Tarantino to Nolan, from Course Lola, course to Kieslowski testify to this fact.
Armed with a single word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a protagonist travels into a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will take place beyond real time.
The trailer is in English original version, but the movie will be presentend with French subtitles.
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Edward Nolan is a British-American filmmaker. After studying English literature at University College London, he made several short films before his feature film debut with Following. Nolan gained international recognition with his second film, Memento, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He transitioned from independent to studio filmmaking with Insomnia, and found further critical and commercial success with The Dark Knight Trilogy, The Prestige and Inception; the last of these earned Nolan two Oscar nominations—Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. This was followed by Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet. For Dunkirk, he earned two Academy Award nominations, including his first for Best Director. Nolan's work regularly feature in the listings of best films of their respective decades. They are typically characterised by epistemology and existentialism. Infused with a metaphysical outlook, they explore ethics, the construction of time, and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. His work is permeated with mathematically inspired images and concepts, unconventional narrative structures, practical special effects, experimental soundscapes, large-format film photography, and materialistic perspectives.
