Originally Posted by
Perumthachan
hmm... cameron does a movie once in 10 years (approx.) so there is that enigma halo around him. add to that, his movies are all one-line simple plots wrapped in tons of visual imagery. the standard hollywood staple of simple story + simple characters. comparatively, nolan is more of like simple story + complex characters. visual imagery is wrapped around many thoughtful trigger points. and to do movies frequently and rake in money, i think that is something different of a league altogether. a movie like dunkirk made money like a marvel superhero movie, something which mallick's thin red line or stone's platoon or cimino's deer hunter or spielberg's private ryan cannot boast of. nolan is turning out to be a rare specimen. maybe not a box office defined 'crowdpuller' like you said but definitely can pull in a lot of crowd.