Christopher Nolans storfilm er en ret sjælden størrelse, eftersom de ikke bare er kritiske darlings, men også er store kommercielle hits, også selvom de kommanderer store budgetter, og for det meste eksisterer udenfor den traditionelle franchise-tunge Hollywood-model.
I et interview med The New York Times peger Nolan igen på filmmediets udfordringer fremadrettet, og mener at skabere bør tage flere chancer:
"If you're really interested in movies and the history of movies, the one thing you see absolutely is that you have to take risks to succeed. The biggest risk of all is to play it safe. That's what, consistently in mainstream movies, doesn't work. The audience is looking for something new."
Han siger igen, som mange kreative i Hollywood siger, at det er kunsten at få sneget noget innovativt forbi pengemændene der er den store udfordring:
"The risk is the intermediaries — the financiers, the studio. If you can get to the audience — I mean, I'm not making any predictions for [The Odyssey], but in the past we've been well rewarded for having faith in the audience."
