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Thursday, March 21, 2024
The Cross Section
Addendum for Christopher Nolan — Dice and the Eightfold Cube.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
A Watchman for Nolan
The title refers to the Watchman Rorschach in "Go Set a Structure"
and to Christopher Nolan, director of the 2014 film "Interstellar."
"Watchmen"-like art in next Sunday's NY Times Book Review —
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Depth Haiku
From yesterday's 2 PM post —
From "Inception" —
Paraphrase of remarks by "Inception" director Christopher Nolan
at Princeton on June 1, 2015 —
"If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost;
that is where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Foundations
Princeton University's president on June 2, 2015 —
“Dream Audaciously,” Eisgruber Urges Graduates
Related news —
Film director Christopher Nolan at Princeton on June 1, 2015:
“In these graduation speeches, generally, you have the
speaker say something along the lines of, ‘You need to
chase your dreams,’ ” Nolan said. “But I’m not going to
say that because I don’t believe it. I don’t want you to
chase your dreams. I want you to chase your realities.
And I want to say: Don’t chase your realities at the
expense of your dreams, but as the foundation of your
dreams.”
"If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost;
that is where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Dream Names
The protagonist of the new film Inception is named Dom Cobb.
The name Dom may come from "Dominic." (I have not yet seen the film.)
If it does not, see Wiktionary for other possible meanings.
(See also the 1958 Polish short film "Dom.")
The name "Cobb" may have come from a previous film, Following,
by Inception director Christopher Nolan.
My own preference is for Rachel Cobb.
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