HorrorBiz wrote:

Imaginatio wrote:Sorry, not buying that spiel from Rylance.

Just think for a moment, would Nolan REALLY allow Rylance to so casually give away the tone and structure of the film? Of course not.

Also Rylance's info contradicts the facts we have so far about the film itself. WB classifies it as an "action thriller".

"simple, pure war film" as Rylance calls puts it, that would be an action drama film. All simple and pure war films are action dramas, not action thrillers.

Also Nolan has never done a "simple" feature-length film. Ever. Starting from Memento, all the way to Interstellar, every single one of his films had some sort of twists and turns. This one won't be different.

The only thing "simple" I expect in Dunkirk will be the historical war-time setting.

Especially consider the fact that Rylance mentions the film will throw us "straight into the middle of a desperate situation". Nolan will not make a roughly 150 minute or longer film only about the actual evacuation of the beach at Dunkirk. To compare, Saving Private Ryan's long length was not solely devoted to D-Day. D-Day itself was only a small part of the film.

For sure there will have to be more to Dunkirk than purely the physical evacuation of the beach.

Feeling needlessly defensive today?

Anyway, I always figured this film would be structured like Black Hawk Down, which is about 20 minutes of basic set-up followed by a two hour battle sequence.

ChristNolan wrote:

Sorry, not buying that spiel from Rylance.

Just think for a moment, would Nolan REALLY allow Rylance to so casually give away the tone and structure of the film? Of course not.

Also Rylance's info contradicts the facts we have so far about the film itself. WB classifies it as an "action thriller".

"simple, pure war film" as Rylance calls puts it, that would be an action drama film. All simple and pure war films are action dramas, not action thrillers.

Also Nolan has never done a "simple" feature-length film. Ever. Starting from Memento, all the way to Interstellar, every single one of his films had some sort of twists and turns. This one won't be different.

The only thing "simple" I expect in Dunkirk will be the historical war-time setting.

Especially consider the fact that Rylance mentions the film will throw us "straight into the middle of a desperate situation". Nolan will not make a roughly 150 minute or longer film only about the actual evacuation of the beach at Dunkirk. To compare, Saving Private Ryan's long length was not solely devoted to D-Day. D-Day itself was only a small part of the film.

For sure there will have to be more to Dunkirk than purely the physical evacuation of the beach.

This is what reaching looks like, folks. What exactly are you expecting from this film that would be full of twists and turns?

antovolk wrote:Enough said.
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/dunkirk-filmtrailer

HorrorBiz wrote: Feeling needlessly defensive today?

Anyway, I always figured this film would be structured like Black Hawk Down, which is about 20 minutes of basic set-up followed by a two hour battle sequence.

Vader182 wrote:I always regret coming to this subforum.

Shady1 wrote:

Reaveybeach wrote:Yesterday was my last day as an extra on Dunkirk. It was preeeety awesome. I did scenes with Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles and Jack Lowden. Did a scene with the Director of Photography filming with the IMAX camera inches away from me (and he's dutch as well so I was able to have some surprisingly long talks with him). And even did a scene with Nolan directing me. Then there's all the big setpieces with us running through WWII ships with explosions going off, stuntmen in the water, propane tanks creating 5m long flames and close chopper flybys. Shit was nuts. The enthusiasm and excitement of everyone involved is so so cool. Talking to FX guys who just got off Rogue One and Doctor Strange, girls from the make-up department who worked on Thrones and Harry Potter. Time well spent! And I also made some money I guess.

Are you saying Lowden, Murphy and Styles were together in the same scene? or are you saying you did a scene with each of them?

Also, Congrats on a job well done (or I'm assuming it was well done ). I hope you had a great time with the whole experience!

Reaveybeach wrote:Yes, it *was* a job well done. Chris and co were very happy with us. They enjoyed their time in Urk a lot more than in France apparently.