Christopher Nolan sure does like to shoot closeups of people’s hands
The lyrics of a 1958 Eydie Gorme hit, later covered by The Sex Pistols, declare that “you need hands to hold someone you care for.” The song goes on to detail numerous uses for hands: stopping a bus, thanking the Lord, holding a baby, etc. Hands, the song argues, are quite often handy. Christopher Nolan might well agree with this sentiment. Over the course of his career, the director has demonstrated an affinity for hands that might be the equivalent of Quentin Tarantino’s infamous foot fetish. “Hands Of Nolan” by Spanish editor Jorge Luengo Ruiz is an artful six-minute supercut consisting entirely of shots of people’s hands culled from nine separate Nolan features, ranging from 1998’s Following to 2014’s Interstellar. Ruiz is the artist behind other visually dazzling supercuts devoted to Breaking Bad, Alfred Hitchcock, and Pixar.