In 2017, Nolan curated a season of films at the British Film Institute that helped shape his most recent release, Dunkirk. The line-up included such classics as Hugh Hudson’s Chariots of Fire, Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent, and Ridley Scott’s Alien, but he had especially high praise for David Lean’s 1970 film Ryan’s Daughter.
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