The runtime of Dunkirk has positioned Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming WWII epic as his shortest film since his 1998 directorial debut.
Following has a brisk length of just 70 minutes making Dunkirk – a film many expected to exceed the two-hour mark – his second shortest film to date with a runtime of just one hour 47 minutes.
Nolan himself has been guilty of the bloated runtime (with good reason, it should be added) – in fact, Dunkirk is an entire hour shorter than Nolan’s previous film, 2014 sci-fi tale Interstellar.
His next shortest film after Dunkirk was Memento, the Guy Pearce-starring indie favourite which launched the filmmaker’s commendable career.