Susan Hayes Culleton

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3,424 appearances 24 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 3d ago

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Taking Stock · How Christopher Nolan is changing the economics of Hollywood · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

I know it's a tough question to ask, but it's important that we find somewhere in this where there can be something positive that we could take out of this. voice-verified

And of course, as you know, Flavia, Ireland is hosting the EU presidency and this has been one of the key issues that the Taoiseach here has been bringing up at Ursula van der Leyen during her visit here last week because it is an area that a lot of people feel very strongly about. voice-verified

I'm very appreciative of your time today. voice-verified

Thank you very much indeed, Flavia Kraus-Jackson from Bloomberg. voice-verified

Thank you very much for joining us here on Taking Stock. voice-verified

Thank you. voice-verified

This is Susan Hayes-Cullerton here on Taking Stock on Newstalk. voice-verified

Up next, the cinematic odyssey of Christopher Nolan and how he's saving cinema. voice-verified

Now, Christopher Nolan's films routinely command budgets running into the hundreds of millions of dollars, yet they arrive at a time when studios are becoming increasingly reluctant to finance anything that isn't part of an established franchise. voice-verified

So why is Nolan one of the few directors still trusted with such enormous sums? voice-verified

Darren Mooney, film critic, author of Christopher Nolan, a critical study of the films, joins me now. voice-verified

First off, can you tell me, Darren, what differentiates Chris Nolan as a professional brand in his own right? voice-verified

Why is that, do you think? voice-verified

And Hathaway. voice-verified

Well, in terms of the money that Christopher Nolan can command, I mean, he has only made one movie that earned less than $500 million since 2006. voice-verified

I mean, Oppenheimer brought in $960 million, which is just under a billion, back in 2023. voice-verified

And like the Odyssey production, which of course is out this week, the Odyssey is reportedly has a budget of $250 million and it looks like its break-even point would be half a billion dollars. voice-verified

And yet the expectations is that that's not going to be a problem. voice-verified

So if we go back to Oppenheimer for a moment, he won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Nolan. voice-verified

It sounds, as I'm listening to you, like his career has moved linearly. voice-verified

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