“I get up in the morning and piss par excellence”: this unexpected film of which Christopher Nolan is an absolute fan

“I get up in the morning and piss par excellence”: this unexpected film of which Christopher Nolan is an absolute fan



Yes, Christopher Nolan has a sense of humor

Christopher Nolan is a director with many qualities. But among them it is difficult to count warmth and humor. In fact, the author of the trilogy The dark Knight AND principle he is known for his austerity, without this preventing its spectacular fiber from expressing itself. But with its cold-temperature, metallic-hued art direction, an exploration with a fairly shy degree of empathy of the torments of its dark shadow-clad characters, dark soundtracks, it’s hard to find a viewer who can explain hitting the bars on his life to a Christopher Nolan film.

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Principle ©Warner Bros.

However, it would be presumptuous to put the director in the category of constipated cinephile who we would never laugh at. Glaring proof if there is any, Christopher Nolan recently declared his passion for a cult comedy since the mid-2000s, a real delirium without restraint as only Adam McKay and Will Ferrell have been able to do.

“If I fall on it, impossible to change”

Guest on Eisen rich showChristopher Nolan was asked about his “remote drop movie“, to know which film it is impossible for him to skip if he meets him on television. The Anglo-American director first declares that he discovers and finds this ingenious expression, before responding in a rather classic way.

If I’m shooting and come across an old movie like anything by Kubrick, I drop the remote. There are also great comedies, and for example Ricky Bobby: the king of the circuitif i fall on it, impossible to change.

Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) - Ricky Bobby: The king of the circuit
Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) – Ricky Bobby: King of the Circuit ©Columbia Pictures

Amazement of Rich Eisen, who then asks Christopher Nolan to confirm what he has just heard. “”Ricky Bobby: Circuit King” is a Christopher Nolan “remote film”, is that what you said?“. What the director ofOppenheimer he replies, using one of the cult phrases from Adam McKay’s comedy:

If you are not the first, you are the last.

An unforgettable Will Ferrell – Adam McKay

Released in 2006, Ricky Bobby: the king of the circuit (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby in VO) is a sports comedy, focused on Nascar driver Ricky Bobby. True star of his sport, despite being incredibly handsome and stupid, his glory is threatened by the arrival in the championship of a French driver, Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen). Luckily, Ricky Bobby will be able to count on his best friend and #2 driver Carl Naughton Jr (John C. Reilly) to hold his own. Adam McKay’s second feature film, which he co-wrote with Will Ferrell, as per Featured Host: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in 2004, is a masterpiece of cheerful and regressive humourserved by the great performances of its interpreters and the unstoppable dialogues.

Together, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly will next Brothers in spite of themselves in 2008, the third part and culmination of a great informal trilogy. Each of his three films is now a cult. And this was for Ricky Bobby: the king of the circuitt has just been re-certified by Christopher Nolan himself.

Source: Cine Serie

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