Oct 11, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 12 segments
Is Nolan’s Time Genius or Nonsense? Memento, Inception, Interstellar, and Tenet Mark and David discuss Christopher Nolan’s recurring use of time across films with guest Mark Wiberg, debating whether…
David AmesHost
Mark DiazHostYeah, and I don't know if we necessarily want to go in order of the movies, but I listened to your other podcasts, and I think even time might have been mentioned, or you mentioned Interstellar.
And so when I heard the podcast, I was like, oh, that would be something to talk about.
And I don't know if you want to go in movie order in terms of releases or release the movies that deal with time.
And like I said before, too up its own ass or whatever, but I just feel no desire to ever watch it again.
uh sound visuals all that the time travel stuff and i haven't read any theories or scientific papers on what he was trying to do but i totally checked out after i watched it man and i think there's no um it's cold i mean a lot of his movies get dinged for being cold he's i don't know if he's a real emotional writer and he kind of does it the trope the dead wife
But yeah, Tenet, you probably understand it more than I. I don't know if you've watched it more than I have.
Yeah, and I don't know if we necessarily want to go in order of the movies, but I listened to your other podcasts, and I think even time might have been mentioned, or you mentioned Interstellar.
And so when I heard the podcast, I was like, oh, that would be something to talk about.
And I don't know if you want to go in movie order in terms of releases or release the movies that deal with time.
And like I said before, too up its own ass or whatever, but I just feel no desire to ever watch it again.
uh sound visuals all that the time travel stuff and i haven't read any theories or scientific papers on what he was trying to do but i totally checked out after i watched it man and i think there's no um it's cold i mean a lot of his movies get dinged for being cold he's i don't know if he's a real emotional writer and he kind of does it the trope the dead wife
But yeah, Tenet, you probably understand it more than I. I don't know if you've watched it more than I have.
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