Confusing Christopher Nolan Movies Explained

When it comes to the films of Christopher Nolan, his characters may seem straightforward, but their stories and the way he tells them can be anything but. Nolan's filmography is littered with confusing moments, so here are some explanations to help you understand them better.

Nolan's 1998 debut feature Following centers on a character who calls himself Bill, who is obsessed with following people.

Bill finds himself involved in a grander conspiracy after following a burglar named Cobb. Throughout the film, Bill accompanies Cobb on burglaries and becomes entwined in a plot involving a woman known as the Blonde and a criminal called the Bald Man.

Things get out of hand after Bill ends up killing a man, but when he turns himself in to the police the twist is revealed: Cobb has actually been working with the Bald Man and has been planting evidence throughout the film to set Bill up to take the fall for Cobb's killing of the Blonde. She, as it turns out, has been blackmailing the Bald Man, so Cobb kills her. Everything from the burglaries to Bill's alias pins the murder of the Blonde on Bill. It's a classic noir twist with a bit of Nolan's personal touch to it.

Nolan's 2000 film Memento centers on Leonard Shelby, a man who can't form new memories thanks to an injury sustained during an assault that left his wife dead. Since the assault, he's relied on notes and tattoos to keep track of the information he feels is important for him to "remember."

Memento depicts Leonard's hunt for the man responsible for his wife's death using a unique framing device, starting at the chronological end of the story, then gradually working its way backward. Each scene in the film chronologically precedes the one which plays out before it, so that the climax at the end of the film actually occurs in the middle of Leonard's revenge story, while its beginning plays out only in flashback. Keep watching the video to see the confusing Christopher Nolan movies explained!

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Following | 0:00
Memento | 1:12
Batman Begins | 2:40
The Dark Knight Rises | 3:37
The Prestige's machine | 4:25
Tesla magic in The Prestige | 5:40
Inception's ending | 6:35
Layers of Inception | 7:29
Murph's ghost in Interstellar | 8:28
Interstellar's 'they' | 9:25
Dunkirk | 10:35

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