Jonathan Nolan
Happy Sad Confused
Josh Horowitz
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Nolan has been writing and producing some of the most spellbinding films and TV for the last quarter of a century, from MEMENTO and THE DARK KNIGHT to WESTWORLD and now FALLOUT. He joins Josh to chat about it all plus how he emerged from the long shadow of big brother Christopher to earn his own place as a storytelling powerhouse.
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| 0:00.0 | I was actually kind of terrified at some of the things that had been left in that script because they felt a little edgy for what we knew had to be a PG-13 Batman movie. |
| 0:10.0 | And so it was one of those sort of be be careful what you wish for, Moen, |
| 0:13.0 | we were calling Chris and calling Jordan, |
| 0:15.8 | one of our friends and one of the producers on the movie, |
| 0:17.4 | to say, I just want to know what he sounded like. |
| 0:19.8 | I was like, what's he doing with that, right? |
| 0:21.4 | The character had been in my head for so long that you're sort of going, okay, where are we going to take this? |
| 0:26.5 | Prepare your ears humans. Happy, sad, confused begins now. |
| 0:30.9 | I'm Josh Harrowitz and today on Happy SAG Confuse for nearly 25 years. |
| 0:38.0 | Jonathan Nolan has made some of my favorite film and TV shows. |
| 0:42.0 | Let's talk talk Westworld. |
| 0:43.2 | Momento, the dark night and now fall out. It is my obsession. It will soon be your |
| 0:48.0 | obsession. It brings Jonah Nolan to happy second fused at last. |
| 0:51.4 | Thank you Josh. It's good to see you man. 25 years, shit I feel old. |
| 0:55.0 | Well I feel, by the way, I'm your future. I'm basically two months almost to the day older than you. |
| 1:00.4 | Today's my birthday actually, you're my birthday gift. |
| 1:02.1 | You're looking better preserved than I am. |
| 1:03.6 | Happy birthday. |
| 1:04.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:05.8 | I'm your ghost of Christmas future. |
| 1:07.3 | This is what 48 looks like. |
| 1:08.6 | Oh dear. |
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