Christopher Nolan’s pointed response to Matt Damon’s controversial statement

Christopher Nolan finally addressed The Odyssey leading man Matt Damon’s recent statement about the making of epic movies in the future.

The iconic moviemaker was asked about Damon’s viral comment in his interview with The Telegraph.

Earlier, The Martian actor spoke to GQ magazine where he said that he had a “nostalgic feeling while making The Odyssey because it felt like the movies when I started working and I know that that’s going away”.

Damon mentioned that he took up this role for one reason, and that’s because “this was the last chance I was going to have to do something like this and I don’t think people are going to be given the resources to shoot movies that way for much longer”.

However, Nolan had different views from the Good Will Hunting actor.

“I know what Matt was driving at, because it does seem like a long time since somebody made a film like this in this type of way, where you travel the world, get together a cast of thousands and so on,” explained the Oppenheimer director.

Nolan noted that there’s “a defeatist aspect of viewing it that way that I don’t agree with”.

“I think cinema is vital and essential and continues to transform itself — we’ve got all these great new young voices in movies, making the medium their own and moving it forward,” he stated.

Nolan backed his argument by giving reference of Gen Z moviemakers including Obsession writer-director Curry Barker and Backrooms director Kane Parsons.

“Those films are so mysterious and ruminative. I mean, parts of Backrooms are like David Lynch at his most obscure. And yet young people can’t get enough of them,” added the Dark Knight director.

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