Nolan’s films are duplicitous in both form and subject

Evidence

Like Lenny, Christopher Nolan has specialised in setting puzzles that can’t be solved. Duplicity – in the sense of both deception and doubling – runs right through his work. It’s not only the case that Nolan’s work is about duplicity; it is itself duplicitous, drawing audiences into labyrinths of indeterminacy. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 515

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines duplicity as operating on two planes: thematic content and formal method.
• XREF: connects to: Nolan’s films stage the reversal where the manipulator becomes the manipulated. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 518

Broader Connections

• Nolan’s films stage the reversal where the manipulator becomes the manipulated. #exemplifies (0.85) — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 518