Robert Pattinson and John David Washington in "Tenet" by Christopher Nolan - Warner Bros / Melinda Sue Gordon

  • Christopher Nolan plays with the codes of classic spy movies for "Tenet".
  • He was inspired by the universe of 007 to write his film.
  • Tenet  is truly worthy of a James Bond of the new millennium.

Christopher Nolan was a movie buff from a young age before becoming a great director. To write Tenet , which hits theaters this Wednesday, he recalled the adrenaline rush he felt when he discovered Lewis Gilbert's The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) when he was only a child.

Pure entertainment

"My father took me there and this pure entertainment marked me for life," he told a virtual press conference, organized by Warner for a handful of journalists from around the world, last Wednesday . “By showing the film to my own children, I rediscovered this feeling of total escape with great gadgets like the underwater car and I wanted to provide the same type of sensations to today's audiences. . "

Obviously, the director of Interstellar and Inception did not content himself with delivering a carbon copy of the adventures of James Bond but he based himself on principles ("tenet" in English) that can be found in the films from 007 to sign this spectacular fable.

A fun concept

"My goal was to play with the codes of a classic spy film to exploit concepts that I explore from Memento ," explains the director known for signing brain blockbusters mixing auteur cinema with mainstream entertainment.

It is understandable that it took nearly ten years to write it, as the play on time and space is capital in this palindrome work which, like its title, can be seen both right and left. the reverse. The lovers of Interstellar (2015) and Inception (2010) will be on familiar ground with this spatio-temporal fable which transports the public to a universe where everything seems possible.

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A planetary issue

"My heroes also want to save the world, as in a usual spy plot," admits Christopher Nolan. And they travel accordingly. From India to Europe via the United States, the agents played by John David Washington and Robert Pattinson will see the country by setting out in the footsteps of a wicked oligarch played by Kenneth Branagh.

"It was a way of disorienting the spectators while reminding them of the beauty of the world so that they keep in mind the importance of the issue", explains the director.

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Action scenes without such special effects

"We tried to do as much as possible hard by only having recourse to special effects when we really could not do otherwise", insists the filmmaker, speaking of the intrigues which intertwine and the action scenes which are run backwards.

The result is what he wanted: a James Bond of the new millennium both classic and modern where it is not uncommon to see buildings being rebuilt in real time.

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