John welcomes writer and director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception) to discuss experimentation, subjectivity and adaptation as they take an in-depth look at his screenplay, Oppenheimer. They explore Chris’ writing process, how to make non-linear structures work, finding the story in real-life events, being kinetic on the page, the importance of embracing editing, and why theme can be a tricky thing. In our bonus segment for premium members, Chris and John muse about the difficulties of dream sequences — and what makes them work. Links: <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.experienceoppenheimer.com/words">Oppenheimer – The First Three Pages</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> on <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/">IMDb</a>.</li> <li><a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/13787/american-prometheus-by-kai-bird-and-martin-sherwin/"> American Prometheus</a> by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin</li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2776777">The Open Mind</a> by J. Robert Oppenheimer</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzNzgsAE4F0">The Shepard Tone</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62069739-when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world"> When We Cease to Understand the World</a> by Benjamín Labatut</li> <li><a href="https://johnaugust.com/infinitemac.org">Infinite Mac</a></li> <li><a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast">Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!</a></li> <li><a href="https://inneresting.substack.com/">Check out the Inneresting Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts">Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription</a> or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/">treat yourself to a premium subscription!</a></li> <li>Craig Mazin on <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@clmazin">Threads</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clmazin/">Instagram</a></li> <li>John August on <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@johnaugust">Threads</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://mastodon.art/@johnaugust">John on Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Matthew Chilelli (<a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>)</li> <li>Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by <a href="https://twitter.com/machelli">Matthew Chilelli</a>.</li> </ul> Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/622standard.mp3">here</a>.

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