That each of Nolan’s last four movies have been met with the same sound mixing criticisms means that Nolan’s sound design is here to stay whether moviegoers like it or not. Mendelson adds, “For a film that’s supposed to show audiences that theatrical moviegoing is worth saving, ‘Tenet’ will probably play better on Blu-ray with the subtitles turned on.”Īre Christopher Nolan movies too loud? It’s a question IndieWire’s Chris O’Falt attempted to answer in 2017 just as “Dunkirk” was taking off at the box office to an abundance of complaints about its sound design.
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It’s a criticism Nolan has often faced, notably with Bane’s dialogue in “The Dark Knight Rises” and the overpowering “Interstellar” score. One of the biggest complaints against the director’s $200 million espionage epic is that its over-bearing sound mix makes important dialogue unintelligible. A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.Over the last decade, Christopher Nolan’s sound mixing has become as hotly debated as Christopher Nolan’s storytelling.
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