Dunkirk behind the scenes gags

Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan hopes that the film can provide audiences with an immersive experience and show the audience the cruelty and horror of war, so the whole film is shot with IMAX cameras.
This film is the first time Christopher Nolan directed a film on the theme of World War II
The film is divided into the infantry part on the beach, the navy part and the air force part, and strives to present and construct this historical event from different personal perspectives.
There are not many lines in the film, and the lead actor Tom Hardy has only a dozen lines.
Christopher Nolan has spent a lot of time studying the scheduling of silent films for group performances, how space is used, and how to capture them in time with the camera.
On the busiest day of the production of the film, the shooting team arranged as many as 62 ships at sea for simultaneous shooting.
In order to maximize the realism of the war, the film uses real ships and aircraft at the time, and asks history expert Dan Fredkin about the different characteristics and flight methods of various aircraft.
Warner Co. offered Nolan a contract with a basic remuneration of $20 million + 20% of the box office share. This contract is the same as the contract that Universal gave to Peter Jackson in the filming of "King Kong", and it is also the largest contract for a Hollywood director.
The film’s music is inspired by mathematical principles. Christopher Nolan sent Hans Zimmer a recording of the continuous tapping of a watch, and created the film’s soundtrack based on this.
When interviewing 20-year-old Phine Whitehead, Christopher Nolan talked about scripts while eating. This was the first time in his career that he felt that he had a sense of responsibility to young people.
Christopher Nolan spent a lot of time researching group performances, including the movement of extras, the presentation of space, the capture of the camera, and the use of shooting perspective.
In order to get the best results for the film, actors are prohibited from using mobile phones during the filming process.
Christopher Nolan studied a lot of historical data before shooting and found that the British soldiers waiting to retreat in Dunkirk were very young and inexperienced. In order to truly restore history, Nolan finally made the decision to let young actors play soldiers.