One of Christopher Nolan’s Favorite Films Still Holds Up 100 Years Later
Hailed as the father of science fiction, H.G. Wells proclaimed in 1927 that one of the newest silent productions featured in his genre (at that time) to make its way into movie theaters was “quite the silliest film.” The New Yorker’s own Oliver Claxton echoed Wells’ opinion by saying that this expressionist feature, which was over two hours long, was “soulless” and “unconvincing.”