Borges jorge luis biography of christopher nolan

I argue that the pastiche of Borges in the selected works is motivated by the desire to capitalize on his cultural capital and explore new modes of narration.

It yields a new type of Hollywood blockbuster, a marketable hybrid of art house and mainstream entertainment that allows Inception to preserve the intellectual sensibilities in Memento. For the domestic market, it attracts a Borges-informed audience while allowing the film to honor a celebrated author.

I review other critical perspectives to address Jameson’s concerns about the blurred high/low culture division and highlight the positive implications of a cinematic pastiche of Borges. I conclude that Borges inspires innovative film narratives; in turn, commercially successful film adaptations of Borges keep his work relevant and expand his reader base to include never before accessible markets.

This dissertation examines Jorge Luis Borges’s influence on contemporar