Christopher Nolan’s Most Overlooked Movie Is a Streaming Hit 23 Years Later

Some years ago, Ridley Scott pointed to novice directors being given massive budgets without any prior experience as the main reason why tent poles weren’t working. He said that a filmmaker should ideally level up with each new project, building their way towards a $150 million or $200 million budget, instead of being plucked from obscurity and being handed a massive film after making one indie. The career path that he was referring to aligns perfectly with that of Christopher Nolan. Between his breakout indie Memento and his $150 million Batman Begins, Nolan learned the ropes of studio filmmaking with the $45 million thriller Insomnia. The movie is now witnessing a resurgence on streaming.