The connection between Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" (2014) & Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" (2014): Christopher Nolan’s father died in 2009, after a year-long battle with cancer that was diagnosed just as he was finishing 'Inception' (2010), and as Jonathan Nolan was starting to write 'Interstellar' (2014). His father’s diagnosis was very... much in his mind, Jonathan Nolan said, “the connection that you have with your parents. It was the background to much of it.” Christopher Nolan himself sees 'Interstellar' more in terms of his relationship with his own children – Rory, Magnus, Oliver and Flora – all of whom have given him the working titles for the last four of his movies. The Dark Knight was “Rory’s First Kiss”, Inception was “Oliver’s Arrow”, The Dark Knight Rises was “Magnus Rex”, and Interstellar was “Flora’s Letter”. The need to be away from them while filming eats at him. “There is a lot of guilt for that. A lot of guilt. The very sadness of saying goodbye to people is a massive expression of the love you feel for them. For me, 'Interstellar' is really about being a father. The sense of your life passing you by and your kids growing up before your eyes. Very much what I felt watching Richard Linklater’s 'Boyhood' (2014), an extraordinary film, which is weirdly doing the same thing in a completely different way. We are all engaged in the biggest mystery of all, which is just living through time.” ("Christopher Nolan: the man who rebooted the blockbuster", Tom Shone, The Guardian, 2014) P.S: 1) Happy 66th birthday Richard Linklater! 2) Happy 56th birthday, Christopher Nolan!show more

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