Christoper Nolan famously prefers practical effects over CGI (somehow, “Oppenheimer” has no CGI).
He took the approach to the next level in “Interstellar”.
Instead of digitally recreating a corn field, Nolan spent $100,000 to plant one and sold it for a profit afterwards.
Why practical effects?
Nolan digitally enhances his shots but prefers working on location and with cameras.
“It’s more fun for me and the actors,” he said of his approach during an interview with the BBC. “There’s nothing more dispiriting than showing up to a green screen. The magic is not there.”
For the “Interstellar” cornfield, the most difficult part was finding a location to plant 500 acres of the crop. The script called for farm land near a mountain (not a ton of those around).
Nolan tapped Zack Snyder for advice because the director had filmed a cornfield in “Superman”.
The final location: a plot of land outside of Calgary, Alberta.
The intention was never to grow the corn for sale, just to get some awesome shots.
But Nolan later said “we got a pretty good crop and made some money on it.”
Spartacus’s wife walked into her bedroom and was shocked.
A snake was coiled around Spartacus’s head as he slept.
It was prophesied that this meant the man was going to gain tremendous power but perish in an unfortunate end.
And that is EXACTLY what happened…