What do Christopher Nolan's working titles mean?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The working titles that Christopher Nolan uses to protect his movies’ secrecy during filming aren’t chosen at random; they’re real-world tributes. Since Nolan is one of the most popular filmmakers working today, his star-studded sets are susceptible to prying eyes. The idea of a working title is to keep those prying eyes away from the set to preserve the film’s surprises.
Using a working title to protect a high-profile movie’s identity has been a common practice in Hollywood since George Lucas made Return of the Jedi. The third Star Wars movie was a highly anticipated blockbuster and huge crowds of fans wanted to find out where the cast and crew were shooting. In order to mitigate this kind of attention, Lucas came up with the fake title Blue Harvest to film Return of the Jedi.
All of these working titles are tributes to Nolan’s children. Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas, who has produced all of his films since 1997, have four children together, and each one of them has been referenced in a fake working title. Rory’s First Kiss is a nod to their son Rory, Oliver’s Arrow is a nod to their son Oliver, Magnus Rex is a nod to their son Magnus, and Flora’s Letter is a nod to their daughter Flora.
Why Christopher Nolan Movies Have Such Obscure Working Titles Whereas some blockbusters’ working titles hint at what the movies are – James Bond films are produced under numerical titles like Bond 25 to protect their official titles – Christopher Nolan’s working titles have nothing to do with the movies themselves. There’s no arrow or character named Oliver in Inception, and there’s no letter or character named Flora in Interstellar.
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