Are you watching closely? On the twenty- fifth episode of ATFT, my friend and writer/ director Samy El- Kamel returns to begin a new segment- episode, Nolanception, where we discuss and analyze specific and niche topics within the work of Christopher Nolan! The focus of this first edition of Nolanception is on non- linearity, specifically the non- linear structures of Nolan’s films. This episode is explicit and spoiler- filled.
Nolanception is the third segment introduced on ATFT! Christopher Nolan is both mine and Samy’s favorite director and we both love film analysis so we often have analytical conversations surrounding Nolan’s work. Our episodes tend to be longer because of that! Since we love talking about all things Nolan, we wanted to use ATFT to allow us to analyze deeper topics within Nolan’s complex films. As we throw out in this episode, we have several niche topics in the works after this! We have been really looking forward to starting this segment and we are excited to continue creating episodes under this segment!
This is Samy’s eighth appearance on ATFT! He is now, after my friend and photojournalist Cole Echevarria, the second most frequent guest on this show! I am always grateful when he comes on the show and then later helps spread the word about our episodes and this podcast in general. He is one of my favorite guests and one of my favorite people to discuss film with, especially since he is a fellow massive Nolan fan. Samy and I first became friends, approaching three years ago, by talking about Nolan! As always, Samy’s analyses and contribution to this episode is brilliant. This episode was recorded on July 9, 2024.
Samy has a production company, Barefoot Python Media, and will be releasing his next short film, Waveform, this Winter! See the teaser trailer for the short as well as a variety of his other videos, such as “The Fate of Physical Media in 2024”, “All 12 Christopher Nolan Movies, Ranked | Including Oppenheimer (2023)”, and, his last short, Speak of the Devil. If you are a Better Call Saul fan, you will probably enjoy going through his Youtube channel, @BarefootPythonMedia, on YouTube. Samy also is an excellent photographer and is selling his prints on Darkroom. Support art by purchasing his prints here!: https://samyelkamel.darkroom.com
If you love Christopher Nolan’s work and Nolan- related humor, this episode is for you. In this episode, Samy and I go through all of Nolan’s films, from Following to Oppenheimer, and discuss the non- linear structures. Naturally, we do stray from the main focus of the episode a few times, but it’s always related to Nolan’s films. One instance is when we laugh, and applaud, the one poorly written line in a Nolan film. Samy and I also talk about the ways Nolan continues to make the impossible possible, bizarre Dunkirk criticism, and the serious dilemma Samy faces every morning. All this and more on the latest episode of All the Film Things!
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