How Christopher Nolan Was Inspired by Francis Bacon

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10 жыл бұрын

Film director Christopher Nolan reveals how paintings by artist Francis Bacon inspired the Joker's smeared make-up in 'The Dark Knight'.
Nolan talks about his longstanding fascination for Bacon's work, and why, when words fail him, he turns to art to help shape his creative vision.
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@rocksteady2198 4 жыл бұрын

"To be an artist, you don't just study the art you specialize in, but you study different arts from different perspectives"

@SuperKaren1007 9 жыл бұрын

For a guy who makes such action packed films,he is really calm

@TalkNerdyToMeChannel 9 жыл бұрын

It's not action, it's Nolanism.

@starkingbiker 9 жыл бұрын

Action can be silent and beautiful too.

@nagolhayze9366 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the money that does that ...

@NickQuinn1986 Жыл бұрын

Please make it so!! I love horror, but most of its shit…

@garethgough4112 6 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite directors talks about his opinions on my favourite artist...well what could be better.

@Crichjo32 9 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this man talk all day about art or films. He is so far ahead of many other Hollywood directors today, making the likes of Michael Bay look like primitive cavemen.

@PauLtus_B 8 жыл бұрын

Crichjo32 I don't think you need Christopher Nolan to make Michael Bay look like a caveman.

@Crichjo32 8 жыл бұрын

PauLtus B Ha ha, probably true!

@pratikgoud1 7 жыл бұрын

Crichjo32 yes

@rogerdavis6451 6 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree with what has just been said, no silliness.

@farid1406 3 жыл бұрын

5 year olds with cell phones make Michael Bay look like cavemen

@1805movie 9 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see him tackle horror films.

@MrOAKIL246 Жыл бұрын

That'd be interesting

@jd899 10 жыл бұрын

Really fascinating to see what inspires Christopher Nolan. Francis Bacon seems like a rather unique I guess I'll try and research him more.

@adonaiyah2196 2 жыл бұрын

Nolan looks incredibly like Bacon. Perhaps his son

@jumpstart55million 9 жыл бұрын

This guy is on a whole another level of filmmaking. He is so far ahead of his peers.

@ferglovesguitar 9 жыл бұрын

I agree. Check out Paul Thomas Anderson too. A living film-making genius

@azrael6280 4 жыл бұрын

He looks like Francis Bacon

@ciel_crible_d_etoile 6 ай бұрын

Handsome guy

@stevrgrs Ай бұрын

100%. That’s how I found this video lol. I was like “you know who could play Francis Bacon in a biopic?? CHRIS NOLAN!!!” Glad I’m not the only one that sees it 😂

@liamMCR 9 жыл бұрын

Nolan would've definitely related/looked at Batman (1989) in the scene where the Joker, played by Jack Nicholson destroys paintings in a museum - all but one by Francis Bacon for his Batman films.

@jalenjohnson1662 7 жыл бұрын

Very ironic

@jayv8068 5 жыл бұрын

Nolan copied many scenes from that Batman

@DenkyManner 3 жыл бұрын

@@jalenjohnson1662 not ironic, Nolan deliberately referenced the Burton Batman films and earlier depictions of that Joker

@LucianIsKing 9 жыл бұрын

great man, greater film director

@Langkowski 10 жыл бұрын

I think this is actually the first time I have heard Christopher Nolan talk.

@SnowingAsh111 10 жыл бұрын

Lol, yea i never even knew he was British.

@ricky93100 9 жыл бұрын

Nice! did you know before that he's british? I can listen to him talk this stuff all day. He is brilliant.

@cinique2478 3 жыл бұрын

@@SnowingAsh111 well he's half British and half American.

@mauricemaroni7101 9 жыл бұрын

Mr. Nolan is the BEST director of this generation, he takes his time makes great realistic films, he made batman fans love batman again, making it as real as possible , barely no cgi.

@bobbillings 9 жыл бұрын

Maurice Maroni Great yes, best no

@horrorheaux 10 жыл бұрын

I would've loved to hear what he had to say about the significance of Bacon's "Study for the Head of George Dyer” being in Inception. Loved this video though, Christopher Nolan is always so well spoken.

@janeburton2589 10 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, he talked about the Bacon painting in Inception when I interviewed him for this Tate video, but we didn't have room to include it. Perhaps next time. What a brilliant man.

@horrorheaux 10 жыл бұрын

Jane Burton Sucks that there was no room for it! Did love what he had to say about Heath's Joker makeup being heavily influenced by Bacon's work so it wasn't entirely a loss. (: And he is a brilliant man indeed!

@sotalist 3 жыл бұрын

@@janeburton2589 What did he say? bacon painting in inception.

@itsaashish 4 жыл бұрын

Just listening to him is a University in and off itself!

@mrhypnagogia 10 жыл бұрын

the man himself talking about the man himself

@oliverwatson4488 10 жыл бұрын

seeing the greatest director of all time discussing art makes me smile :)

@oliverwatson4488 9 жыл бұрын

MASONBUCHKO.COM Absolutely,(in my opinion) film makers of this generation such as Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Steven Spielberg ,Ridley Scott etc, they truly make GREAT movies, Christopher Nolan doesn't do great, he does LEGENDARY

@oliverwatson4488 9 жыл бұрын

MASONBUCHKO.COM i honestly don't care how much money a film makes or how popular it is, these characteristics have no impact to the quality of the film, i for one i'm very open minded to movies whether it'd be a blockbuster movie or an indeppendant indie film. ratings and critics reviews shouldn't matter to one's view of a movie.

@oliverwatson4488 9 жыл бұрын

i'm 17

@JustusEiflerAutor 9 жыл бұрын

Mason Buchko For me, it's Kubrick, after that there's a BIIIIIGGGG gap, and then there are guys like Fincher, Scorsese, Miyazaki, Tarantino and Nolan (although I didn't like the Dark Knight Rises)

@bobbillings 9 жыл бұрын

Oliver watson great thing of your all time statement is that opinions are like assholes, we All have one

@PopCultureguy 10 жыл бұрын

this is the mot fascinated interview of chris nolan work amazing

@antona.1327 5 жыл бұрын

It may be an assumption, but I think that the inspiration for the Inception was Jacob's Ladder, which also used Bacon's paintings for its monster designs.

@supergangsterish1234 6 жыл бұрын

the inscrutable attention this man has to even individual elements of action films is pretty remarkable; comparing him to most other action film directors (e.g. michael bay) just shows how impressive he is as a film-making talent

@supergangsterish1234 6 жыл бұрын

i think it would've been great if when he opened that book, there were literally just pictures of streaky bacon

@vocazone5421 10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Looking forward to more :-)

@liamCOMEDYscarborian 10 жыл бұрын

Francis bacon is class

@kumaSOevl 3 жыл бұрын

If Nolan directed a silent hill movie that would be amazing

@jacobdominguez7808 5 жыл бұрын

Simply brilliant.

@Goodlar 10 жыл бұрын

The last shot of the clown figure looks (obviously) immensly similar to the Heath Ledger joker. I would have loved to hear a few words on the relationship between that clown figure and the final design.

@dvir971 8 жыл бұрын

KING NOLAN IMMORTAL LORD GOD!! The smartest man alive

@allaboutmyart5706 2 ай бұрын

You don't need to use oils to achieve texture or "thickness"! Today, there are MANY acrylic mediums (Golden Light Molding paste ROCKS! Texture galore and SUPER lightweight). Nearly any texture or sheen you can imagine can be had with acrylic additives, saving a fortune on pricey paints. I start with acrylics, for weird brights you cannot get with oils (linseed oil dulls). After the acrylic underpainting is completely dry - I pile on top the deep, rich, luminous tones that can only had with certain oils. There's plenty of color crossover but you can forget about getting the delicious depth of Alizarin Crimson oil with the "same" shade in acrylic. Not even close. You learn as you DO. But painters haven't needed to RELY on oils in decades, if it's thickness or texture they're after.

@sergiolobato1798 10 жыл бұрын

I also understand that the movie "Dude where's my car" was inspired by Chaucer!

@BurstShotzX 10 жыл бұрын

This director can do almost anything. Inception was my favorite out of all his movies until he make more of course.

@sanjidparvez 10 жыл бұрын

Not only Joker but IMO Chris Nolan have given us most of the best Villains in Superhero movie genre i.e. Harvey 'Two-face' Dent, Dr. Jonathan Lane aka Scarecrow & lastly Bane. That's why lately I've made a tribute video for the Best Villains in Superhero movies (including Nolan's Batman's villains with Magneto [1st class] & Loki!), using Imagine Dragon's IT'S WHERE MY DEMONS HIDE in the background. Please check my channel for it.

@cobiwegner3631 10 жыл бұрын

*Crane

@contactkeithstack 6 жыл бұрын

Sanjid Parvez ra's al ghul, his daughter, falcone, there's a couple major and minor villains

@hamidrahman120 9 жыл бұрын

Would somebody please kindly tell me what the music is playing in the background during this video please? Its very soothing. Many thanks

@hannsoonsmokur8625 10 жыл бұрын

incredible

@benquinn6297 10 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else think that Nolan reminds you of Harry Enfield?

@ayylmao4806 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like Loadsamoney

@antona.1327 6 жыл бұрын

Nolan I trust.

@viola4029 4 жыл бұрын

He actually looks like Bacon

@farid1406 3 жыл бұрын

bacon?

@fatimabaali661 2 жыл бұрын

@@farid1406 francis bacon the painter he is talking about

@farid1406 2 жыл бұрын

@@fatimabaali661 Oh cool. Is that extra crispy?

@stevrgrs Ай бұрын

The irony is that Chris Nolan could be the PERFECT Francis Bacon in a biopic 😂

@karanvirkooner1993 3 ай бұрын

Francis Bacon inspired Jacob’s Ladder(1990) and the Silent Hill series

@migueltornel931 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what book that is?

@Nikkifrenchbulldog 3 ай бұрын

Does anyone know what the title of the book with the Batman images is?

@Tate 10 жыл бұрын

Which artist inspired the Joker's smeared smile in The Dark Knight? Christopher Nolan reveals all! #TateBritain kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5eCZ6Z3ut7OaZc.html

@tanbeelang8775 10 жыл бұрын

tan.michiyoo@gmail.co

@cealmotion 10 жыл бұрын

Was inspired by beetlejuice in the visual and manners of joker

@chriscameron4706 5 жыл бұрын

'Oh it would've been when I was very young... oh'.

@bubblefumes7213 6 жыл бұрын

I seen the joker picture made francis bacon at the last scene,is it real things?

@XmassSong 8 жыл бұрын

music?

@ChronologyKid 10 жыл бұрын

Bane at 1:16?

@vincentlab.4488 10 жыл бұрын

reportage très intéressant

@Neurodrill 10 жыл бұрын

He had me at "bacon."

@petehill8885 4 жыл бұрын

wow

@tharindu207 10 жыл бұрын

NOLAN! :D

@rocksteady2198 4 жыл бұрын

Is this a fucking coicedence? Now look; 1. My main goal is to make films 2. I just came from studying about francis bacon (I got inspired by his theory) in a unit I do in college called creative thinking. 3. Then I searched on youtube; "Christopher Nolan's reading process" And this appears in the top list. Wtf

@Sideshows-Carnival 10 жыл бұрын

\Carnival Luv/

@EamonnKehoeProductio 10 жыл бұрын

Film meets 500 Years of British Art! Francis Bacon was Irish!

@LeonardLuzon 10 жыл бұрын

The word British is an umbrella term of Northern Irish, Scot, English, and other Great Britain territories

@shelley2he844 3 жыл бұрын

@@LeonardLuzon no. British is Scotland, England and Wales. UK is Scotland, England, Wales and northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is nothing to do with Britain. We fought a war in Ireland for 800 years against the British to retain our individual culture and identity. Bacon was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was Irish.

@plasticweapon 11 ай бұрын

strange how nolan's "influences" never "influence" anything he does in any significant way.

@ballpointpress 10 жыл бұрын

In Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, Joker prevented one of his goons from slashing a Francis Bacon piece when they were marauding the art gallery. "Not this one, I kinda like it." I wonder if that scene was the inception of this Bacon influence for Christopher Nolan? twitter.com/wdnky

@nagolhayze9366 2 жыл бұрын

Is Christopher Nolan, Francis Bacon’s son ? What’s going on ... ?

@Black_Blow_Fly 3 жыл бұрын

Bacon’s paintings do not reflect anything noble just pain

@user-bk3gn7wl1e Ай бұрын

Irish art

@Jaxer4 Жыл бұрын

Paprika > inception no contest

@BrunosGeekReviews 10 жыл бұрын

So no mention of Lee Bermejo, who started working on the Joker graphic novel with Greg Rucka while Nolan and his team were still deciding what the Joker would look like in the next movie? Okay.

@BrunosGeekReviews 10 жыл бұрын

jigyoda To repeat myself and state the obvious, they started working on it and made concepts earlier than that.

@nickaldr 10 жыл бұрын

Bruno's Geek Reviews Hi Bruno, Chris did mention other interpretations of the Joker during his interview, but we didn't have time to include them in our film.

@BrunosGeekReviews 10 жыл бұрын

Nick Aldridge O.k. I mentioned it because the Joker drawn by Bermejo was, unless a HUGE coincidence happened, basically the visual template for the one seen in The Dark Knight. It goes beyond just the notion that previous versions had an influence here and there. Since in the interview Nolan mostly addressed the visual side of the creation I was taken aback by how Bermejo wasn't even mentioned in passing. (Especially considering how the uninformed bash the artist by saying he ripped off the Dark Knight look, which makes it even worse.) In any case and regarding what concerns you, this video was very well done and had good transitions, congrats.

@ULYSSES-31 10 жыл бұрын

Nick Aldridge He wouldn't get the admiration of the critics he wants if he didn't cite accepted 'high art' as influence rather than the real source.

@robmartin7657 10 жыл бұрын

This clip is about the inspiration he took from Francis Bacon. Not about all the influences they took making The Joker.

@LEOMARIANOartistBR 8 жыл бұрын

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@leonardodicaprio3993 9 жыл бұрын

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@chrismhp 7 жыл бұрын

Nolan...a filmmaker who can make the most pretentious things, sound not so pretentious.

@MM-hk4pb 4 жыл бұрын

@Chris HP Le you were being pretentious with your comment.

@ErelfBow 4 жыл бұрын

I am not impressed to hear that a mainstream director loving francis bacon because he is something popular but francis bacon' s paintings are understood loved by small amount of people even today. I am sorry but this is the truth. The inspiration isn't sensed at all. His movies and bacon's paintings are not related at all

@MM-hk4pb 4 жыл бұрын

@Erelf for you. Claiming to have the truth is pretty much a bit out of the way considering the subjective medium you are talking about. He wasn’t saying that all of his movies or every part of them were inspired by Bacon all the way through.

@yasmin9473 3 жыл бұрын

you as an audience have the right to claim you don't see them related. but you don't get to claim that as a fact. and a mainstream director needs your permission to be interested about and inspired from a great artist? why do you think you people are gate keepers of "true art"? annoying

@ronankerrigan7821 7 жыл бұрын

doesn't he look like L. Ron Hubbard or Scientology?

@DarkAngelEU 6 жыл бұрын

So this guy needed a painting to actually come up with the idea to make The Joker more realistic by smudging his make-up and giving him actual scars? That's a really pretentious curve.

@vb8428 5 жыл бұрын

You're pathetic

@jayv8068 5 жыл бұрын

I actually agree with this. He didn't get that from the paintinng lol. I noticed artists never reveal their true innspirations, they always say it's from something else. The Crow, A ClockWork Orange, Batman 1989, Heat = Dark Knight

@vb8428 5 жыл бұрын

@@jayv8068 Fuck off you pissants.

@MM-hk4pb 4 жыл бұрын

JAY V Nolan has mentioned Heat as an inspiration for the TDK. How about you two do a bit of research before pretentiously saying things like that. And when you’re doing something, you don’t always take every work in existence into consideration to do your projects because that’s even maybe impossible. Some things are just coincidences. Have you read about multiple discovery? You should.

@DarkAngelEU 4 жыл бұрын

@@MM-hk4pb Whatever dude, it's easy for artists to just name drop other artists to make themselves look more educated. It's like a Pinterest Wall and you go "oh yeah, I had all this INSPIRATION" and go off on a tangent, being like "oh, that shook me soooo bad, I HAD to do something with it". Been there, done that. No one except art plebs care.