Christopher Nolan Quotes

Experiencing this film in 2-D is only getting about 20 percent of the experience of 'Gravity.'

Big, big movies are in 3D, but we haven't reached a point yet where that's just what a movie is.

The 3-D effects in "Star Wars" are so realistic, you can actually see George Lucas reaching from the screen and taking the money from your wallet.

The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.

There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland.

I'm not a huge fan of 3-D, though. Honestly, I think that movies are an immersive experience and an audience experience. There's nothing like seeing a film with 500 people in a theater. And there's something about putting on 3-D glasses that makes it a very singular experience for me. Suddenly I'm not connected to the audience anymore.

I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.

I'm not a massive fan of 3D. I've seen some good 3D, and I've seen quite a lot of bad 3D. I think if a film is created for the shock effect of 3D, then it's a certain type of film that I'm not massively bothered about.

The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.

The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.

The entertainment options for young people are a lot broader now, and the quality of films is slumping a little bit.

Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore?

I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.

It's quite amazing what 3D is doing to movies. Just simple things like a paper plane flying at you or flower petals fluttering about are wonderful.

It's all about the special effects.

I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects.

So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.

Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.

The nature and the DNA of IMAX has been redefined in the past years to shoot these huge blockbusters. But I think that it's not the sole purpose of IMAX to capture cars exploding in your face.

I believe in 3D for certain kinds of films. I certainly believe in using 3D for all things in animation because animation has such clarity and so much depth of focus. It worked great with 'Avatar' because 70 percent of that film is animated.

Critics in particular treat CGI as a virus that's infecting film.

I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

When they're good, there is nothing like a big film.

I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.