Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, 2017)

FortuneChip

It looks pretty finished to be fair - they've even completed the "La Sandwicherie" sign

Duggy747

Sad Professor wrote: »

lol. Some very oldschool effects.

I'm not his biggest fan but one thing I really do admire about Nolan as director of his stature is his willingness to go practical and old-school for a lot of things on his movies.

Anyways, things like dummy tanks were used a fair bit in both wars for illusions in the distance so maybe Nolan is going along this principle too

Oh yeah, sure that was a whole entire army made up of cardboard cutouts and inflatable tanks.

Ghost Army

The Ghost Army was a United States Army tactical deception unit during World War II officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops.[1] The 1,100-man unit was given a unique mission within the U.S Army: to impersonate other U.S. Army units to deceive the enemy. From a few weeks after D-Day, when they landed in France, until the end of the war, they put on a "traveling road show" utilizing inflatable tanks, sound trucks, fake radio transmissions and pretence. They staged more than 20 battlefield deceptions, often operating very close to the front lines. Their story was kept secret for more than 40 years after the war, and elements of it remain classified.[2] The unit was the subject of a PBS documentary The Ghost Army in 2013.[3]

JP Liz V1

Teaser trailer is supposedly out with Suicide Squad

MilesMorales1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM9BWtppzko

Arghus

As teaser trailers go, that looks promising.

BlitzKrieg

Christopher Nolan is more hit then miss with me (hit: Memento, The Prestige, inception, 2 of the batman movies, miss: Intersteller, dark knight rises) and I think with his very meticulous filmmaking a war film would work very well.

especially one based around something like Dunkirk


but just the sounds of the stuka's jericho horn in that teaser is enough to get the little war buff inside me going...

Look forward to seeing some old school german planes and british ships.

That looks pretty good.

I love the one person looking up, wondering, then slowly more and more until realization hits.

eviltimeban

I wonder will it be a straight war film, or will there be any twist? I heard some rumour of some kind of time travel element?

Mickeroo

eviltimeban wrote: »

I wonder will it be a straight war film, or will there be any twist? I heard some rumour of some kind of time travel element?

I think that's just the people who though that the end of The Dark Knight Rises was a dream sequence getting confused again.

pixelburp

The history nerd in me is certainly excited, and it's nice to see a cinematic treatment of WW2 that doesn't focus solely on US/Soviet involvement. I'm sure Nolan will put his hundreds of extas to good use.

Duggy747

For fighting scenes I hope he maintains solid editing, he's normally all over the shop with cuts but he at least toned it down a small bit for Interstellar.

Sad Professor

Duggy747 wrote: »

For fighting scenes I hope he maintains solid editing, he's normally all over the shop with cuts but he at least toned it down a small bit for Interstellar.

His editing has been getting noticeably slower and more coherent since TDKR, partly due his increasing use of IMAX which requires longer and wider shots. Inception was the last time I really took issue with his editing.

eviltimeban

pixelburp wrote: »

The history nerd in me is certainly excited, and it's nice to see a cinematic treatment of WW2 that doesn't focus solely on US/Soviet involvement. I'm sure Nolan will put his hundreds of extas to good use.

And Harry Styles. :pac:

As long as one of the characters doesn't turn into a time traveling space ghost then I'm all for it!

Gwynplaine

The teaser trailer is on YouTube.
I watched it multiple times, looking at a different soldier each time.

eviltimeban

Gwynplaine wrote: »

The teaser trailer is on YouTube.
I watched it multiple times, looking at a different soldier each time.

Which one do you reckon is the time travelling space ghost?

Gwynplaine

eviltimeban wrote: »

Which one do you reckon is the time travelling space ghost?

It's the lad dreaming about driving a big black car.

Falthyron

Seven minute long prologue to be shown before Rogue One on IMAX Screens.

New poster:



http://www.gamespot.com/articles/world-war-2-action-movie-from-dark-knight-director/1100-6446193/

Wheeliebin30

Eh lads Harry styles from one direction is making his acting debut in this??

Am I missing something here, wtf?

Slydice

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Eh lads Harry styles from one direction is making his acting debut in this??

Am I missing something here, wtf?

Hold on???!?

Christopher Nolan

LIKE THE Christopher Nolan!

Is taking a popular young chap and putting him into one of his acting roles?!?!


:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Goh! What a Joker!





Here's my card, I'll be here all week

Sad Professor

Falthyron wrote: »

Seven minute long prologue to be shown before Rogue One on IMAX Screens.

Before someone asks, "real" IMAX screens only, so not Cineworld.

nix

Sad Professor wrote: »

Before someone asks, "real" IMAX screens only, so not Cineworld.

Well feck it anyway

Jan_de_Bakker

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Eh lads Harry styles from one direction is making his acting debut in this??

Am I missing something here, wtf?

Yeah , I mean is he even a decent actor ??

pixelburp

Without googling too vigorously, I can't imagine Styles' role will be anything more than a small one-scene cameo. And for old fogeys like myself who couldn't pick him out of a line-up anyway it won't make a tap of difference whether British Soldier #34 is a famous pop-star or not

Effects

Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »

Yeah , I mean is he even a decent actor ??

Probably a concession Nolan had to make in order to get something else.
Doubtful he'll be getting to do much.

Jan_de_Bakker

I hope not ... what next- Jedward to star in the next Star Wars?

eviltimeban

Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »

I hope not ... what next- Jedward to star in the next Star Wars?

I have this image of two stormtroopers leaping about and doing cartwheels and then being promptly blasted by Chewie's crossbow.

Falthyron

Falthyron wrote: »

Ever considerate of the general public's desires, Christopher Nolan has offered to create a moment of sheer joy and delight for the world in his new film, Dunkirk; he is going to kill Harry Styles.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/harry-styles-one-direction-christopher-nolan-dunkirk-1201728153/

Seriously though, this is a very smart move by Nolan. I reckon he is pandering to studio executives by putting someone in the film that will bring in hundreds of thousands of women (propping up the coffers) so that he can do whatever he wants with the movie (in terms of direction, story, format, and style).

I said this quite some time ago, and I think it is still the case.

eviltimeban

Maybe Harry Styles will be the time travelling space ghost... he survives the attack and travels forward through time to join One Direction.