From massively profitable blockbusters likeThe Dark Knightto critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning films likeOppenheimer, Nolan seemingly can’t miss.

Though he’s become a larger-than-life director, even Nolan started somewhere.

Nolan has crafted an instantly recognizable style through the years, but that style was informed by other movies.

Christopher Nolan with some Academy Awards.

I have always been a huge fan of Ridley Scott and certainly when I was a kid.

Alien and Blade Runner just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive.

I was also an enormous Stanley Kubrick fan for similar reasons.

Charlie Hunnam in King Arthur and The Gentlemen

However,Nolan prefers the theatrical cut ofBlade Runner, which is a sentiment very few people share.

“It is the best version of the film.

It’s hardly a conventional opinion, but Christopher Nolan is hardly a conventional person.

Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto in front of a car in Fast & Furious

The film doesn’t tell audiences whether replicants are people or how to interpret its multi-layered world.

The other massive effectBlade Runnerhas had on Nolan’s filmmaking career is through its immersive world.

Everything fromInception’s ambiguous endingtoTenet’s confusing time travelcan be traced back to the wayBlade Runnermade Nolan question reality.

Christopher Nolan smiling in front of a poster for Inception

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