Christopher Nolan

Director of Interstellar; not named in the episode.

Where it appears 3

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  the forbidden wonderland of murakamiEp 10 · with Salih Yayar

  Cited by Salih as the Western model of storytelling: however strange the events, a logical explanation arrives at the end, which conditions Western audiences to expect one.

  Listen at 46:00Read it in the transcript
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  ghosts of griefEp 5 · with Mia Cosco

  Director of Interstellar (not named on air).

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  the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway

  Listen at 1:31:25Read it in the transcript

Connections

Created

• Interstellar

Referenced by

• Demanding explanations blocks MurakamiSalih Yayar · Ep 10 · 46:00

  Western readers are trained by tidy, logical endings to demand explanations; accepting that strange things can simply happen, as Japanese storytelling does, is the key to enjoying Murakami.