Nolan's first nightmare: 5 minutes of arachnid dread shot on Super 8 with his brothers.
"Tarantella" was an early Super 8 short film directed by Christopher Nolan with his childhood friend Roko Belic. It was made in 1989 while Nolan was studying at University College London. The film aired on "Image Union," a PBS programme in Chicago. It is about the suffering of a young man while he has nightmare about spiders and demons.
Direction
Early signs of Nolan's obsession with fractured perception.
Practical Effects
DIY horror effects that somehow still crawl under your skin.
Director
Roko Belic
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