London:
American director John Landisbelieves that Christopher Nolan's Inception which was widelyloved by critics is not an original idea and bears resemblanceto 1984 science fiction Dreamscape.
The Burke and Hare filmmaker claimed that thoughNolan continued to make 'stylish' movies but feels that theOscar-winning director is facing dearth of new creative ideas,Contactmusic reported.
"Interestingly enough Inception, which is wonderful,is not original. There have been a lot of movies like it;remember Dreamscape? Oh that's bad special effects but almostthe same movie. It's Dennis Quaid and Edward Albert is thePresident of the United States and they insert him into hisdreams."
"Don't misunderstand me I think Christopher Nolan isa wonderful director its just I don't think he is yet to makea movie other than Memento that I thought was reallyoriginal, its just very stylish," Landis said.
However, John believes that Nolan is quite "lucky" and"smart" to be able to do what he wants.
"He's a lucky guy, I'm glad for him; I love the factthat he can continue to make his movies. Whether he makes acouple of unsuccessful ones in a row, he'll be in the samesituation as everybody else. More power to him I like smartfilmmakers and I think he's great," he added.
The Burke and Hare filmmaker claimed that thoughNolan continued to make 'stylish' movies but feels that theOscar-winning director is facing dearth of new creative ideas,Contactmusic reported.
"Interestingly enough Inception, which is wonderful,is not original. There have been a lot of movies like it;remember Dreamscape? Oh that's bad special effects but almostthe same movie. It's Dennis Quaid and Edward Albert is thePresident of the United States and they insert him into hisdreams."
"Don't misunderstand me I think Christopher Nolan isa wonderful director its just I don't think he is yet to makea movie other than Memento that I thought was reallyoriginal, its just very stylish," Landis said.
However, John believes that Nolan is quite "lucky" and"smart" to be able to do what he wants.
"He's a lucky guy, I'm glad for him; I love the factthat he can continue to make his movies. Whether he makes acouple of unsuccessful ones in a row, he'll be in the samesituation as everybody else. More power to him I like smartfilmmakers and I think he's great," he added.
