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Nolanesque
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English
Etymology
From en Nolan esque.
Adjective
In a style similar to that of the film-maker Christopher Nolan (born 1970), renowned as an auteur making personal, distinctive films within the Hollywood mainstream.
en A. A. Dowd Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet https://film.avclub.com/fallout-may-be-the-most-breathlessly-intense-mission-i-1827872096 https://web.archive.org/web/20180731040150/https://film.avclub.com/fallout-may-be-the-most-breathlessly-intense-mission-i-1827872096 31 July 2018 w:The A.V. Club 25 July 2018 [Christopher] McQuarrie’s globetrotting action—the Nolanesque demolition-derby of an extraction scene; a foot chase that unfolds across rooftops and through buildings; an aggressive fist fight in a pristine-white restroom—is robustly physical, privileging vantages that make the nerve-racking practicality of its execution obvious.
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