How Christopher Nolan’s Use of Crosscut Sequences Between Storylines Helps Build Thrilling Suspense
Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay takes a look at how director Christopher Nolan uses crosscut sequences to build suspense within various storylines while also preparing the audience for a cathartic twist. Tucker compares three of Nolan's movies - The Dark Night, Inception and Interstellar - in order to show how Nolan uses this technique, the films where Nolan met all of the elements for a successful crosscut sequence and those films where he did not.
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