#313 Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan's second film, Memento, had a long, anxious year spent trying to secure distribution. Nolan had been turned down by every distributor in town. With some variation of This is great. We love it.

We really want to work with you. And This is not for us. The film was personal to him. Memento was born into the world on the back of obsession.

Failure to find expression would have been almost inconceivable to him. Nolan made it. Because he had to. What happens when you make a film is you burrow into it. You dig in.

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