The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan is one of the most august filmmakers working today . But he ’s more renowned for the technical facet of his film , like breathtaking IMAX cinematography and mind - bobble virtual stunt , than the storytelling aspects . Nolan ’s visuals incline to perturb from his plots and characters . But his movies are full of dandy quality , too .
From the all - metre with child adaptation of the Joker to a stale - blooded orca played by Robin Williams , Nolan ’s filmography is jam - packed with unforgettable type . In each of his film , one character stand out more than all the others – and it ’s not always the independent admirer ( who , inTenet , was literally called “ The Protagonist ” ) .
Nolan ’s low - budget debut feature revolve around an unemployed writer , distinguish only as “ The Young Man , ” who fills his solar day by follow strangers around . The hoi polloi he observes from afar are a lot more interesting than the writer himself . One of the people he follow confronts him and identifies himself as Cobb , a petty thief who likes to burgle residences .
For Cobb , the things he steal are junior-grade to the shiver of sneak around someone else ’s flat and drinking their booze . Nolan later reprocess the name Cobb for the lead protagonist inInception .
Memento – Leonard Shelby
The central booster is n’t always the most compelling character in a Christopher Nolan movie . But in the compositor’s case ofMemento , the psychological thriller that put him on the map , the protagonist is the most interesting . The whole motion picture is tell from Leonard Shelby ’s skew perspective .
Shelby leaves note of hand and messages for himself because he ca n’t recall anything . The hearing has to piece together the murder mystery as Shelby himself tries to pick it together .
Insomnia – Walter Finch
Nolan ’s grisly law-breaking thrillerInsomnia , a remake of the Norwegian cinema of the same name , star Al Pacino as a detective and Robin Williams as the baddie he ’s chasing . Williams act as against eccentric inInsomnia , and gave a scary performance as a cold - hearted grampus .
Williams became a comedy caption with his allegiance to silly bits and wacky impressions . InInsomnia , he commits just as wholeheartedly to playing a condemnable monster .
Batman Begins – Alfred Pennyworth
Michael Caine was perfectly spew in the use of Alfred Pennyworth in Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy , starting with his routine inBatman Begins . Caine brought more nicety to Batman ’s butler than any previous histrion .
He developed a palpable father - son moral force with Christian Bale across the three movies . Caine ’s Alfred is full of dry one - liner , but he also has plenty of tearjerking monologue .
The Prestige – Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla ’s role inThe Prestigemarks one of the few times Nolan has include a real - life historical figure in his movies ( although there are going to be plenty of historical fig in his next film , Oppenheimer ) . The world - renowned discoverer and futurist plays a little but crucial function in the account .
David Bowie give a wildly charismatic performance in the office . There ’s a hilarious irony in a sex symbol being barf to play an inventor who splendidly chose a living of celibacy .
The Dark Knight – The Joker
Heath Ledger ’s Oscar - winning performance as the Joker inThe Dark Knighthas been praised as not only one of the best comic book film villain , but also one of the greatest villains in motion picture history . The Joker effortlessly steals the limelight from the titular vigilante and makes the movie his own .
Nolan ’s take on the Jokeris still the honorable adaptation of the type ( by far ) . True to the comics , this Joker is the diametrical reverse of Batman . Whereas the Bat is a punctilious planner who wants everything to go his elbow room , the Clown Prince of Crime is an agent of topsy-turvydom who throw carefulness to the wind .
Inception – Eames
The supporting role of Eames gave Tom Hardy his first of manyroles in Christopher Nolan movies . There are many majuscule characters inInception , from audience surrogate Ariadne to dream projection / femme fatale Mal Cobb . But Eames slip the spotlight from all of them .
A master of identity thieving , Eames is madly charming . Hardy play the part with the perfect mix of flamboyance and badassery .
The Dark Knight Rises – Bane
Nolan ’s next motion-picture show , The Dark Knight Rises , was bolster with another standout Tom unfearing performance . clear Heath Ledger ’s carrying into action as the Joker was an insurmountable effort . But Hardy still managed to make an unforgettable scoundrel out of Bane .
Bane get a physical threat to the Caped Crusader , whereasthe Joker posed a psychological scourge . In a glorious recreation of the iconic scene from the comics , Bane breaks Batman ’s back over his knee .
Interstellar – TARS
The resident robot on Cooper ’s space work party , TARS , is a more adorable character than any of the human race who go along for the mission inInterstellar . The android has a delightfully sardonic sensation of wittiness .
In true Nolan manner , the film producer did n’t bank on CGI to bring TARS to life . Some of the character ’s scenes are computer - generated , but most of them were create using practical consequence . The great Bill Irwin provided TARS ’ spokesperson and operate on the puppet .
Dunkirk – Farrier
There are three protagonist inDunkirk – one on the land , one at sea , and one in the zephyr – and the latter is by far the most badass one of the bunch . act by Tom Hardy , Farrier is a scrapper pilot who swoop up in to save the day in the finale . Once again , Nolan covered up Hardy ’s face for this role , allowing him to act all of his scenes with just his eye .
Farrier put the Allies ’ fight against the Axis powers above his own well - being . He torch his downed plane so that the enemy wo n’t be capable to enter out how its engineering works .
