I et interview med British Film Institute i torsdags afslørede den legendariske filminstruktør Christopher Nolan, at han rigtigt godt kunne tænke sig at lave en gyserfilm. Han indrømmede dog, at han endnu ikke har fundet en historie, der ville egne sig godt til genren.
"I think horror films are very interesting because they depend on very cinematic devices," sagde han. "It's really about [provoking] a visceral response to things. So at some point, I'd love to make a horror film. But I think a really good horror film requires a really exceptional idea — and those are few and far between. So I haven't found the story that lends itself to that. But I think it's a very interesting genre from a cinematic point of view. It's also one of the few genres where — the studios make a lot of these films — and they're films that have a lot of bleakness, a lot of abstraction. They have a lot qualities that Hollywood is generally very resistant to putting into films, but that's a genre where it's allowable."
I interviewet kom Nolan også ind på, at Oppenheimer har sine egne horror-elementer.
"Certainly Oppenheimer has elements of horror — which I definitely think is appropriate for the subject matter," sagde han. "... The middle of the film is very heavily based on the heist genre, and the third act of the film is the courtroom drama. And the reason I settled on those two genres for those sections is they are mainstream genres in which dialogue and people talking is inherently tense and interesting to an audience. That's the fun thing with genre — you get to play with a lot of different areas whereas in different type of film you really wouldn't be allowed to."
Tak, The Hollywood Reporter.