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Time, identity and memory in the cinema of Christopher Nolan: a philosophical approach to the narrative keys of its staging

Publicated to:Revista De Comunicación. 19 (1): 7-18 - 2020-08-01 19(1), DOI: 10.26441/RC19.1-2020-A1

Authors: Gómez, RA

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Univ Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Area Teoria & Estet Artes, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Christopher Nolan's cinema highlights, among other aspects, a staging in which the spaces of representation (sets and natural scenes), cinematographic time (narrative time and time of history) and the identity of the characters are presented to the audience in a synchronic and fragmented style, like pieces of a puzzle on a table. This article aims to establish a connection between that narrative formula, which breaks the classical chronological and linear structure, and the consolidation after 11S of a philosophy of love for the fragment (ReIla, 1998: 38), based on the different drifts of the Hegelian idealism, which challenges the belief in an absolute and unitary reason, in particular in the subjects related to the individual and the memory. It is a reflection of a philosophical rather than narrative nature aimed at situating and understanding Nolan's cinema in the thought coordinates of his time. Because his films do not aspire to offer answers to the big questions, but to ask new questions.

Keywords
Christopher nolanCinematographic narrativeHegelOntologyPhilosophyStaging

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista De Comunicación due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Communication.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 12.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 24 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Álvarez Gómez, Raúl) and Last Author (Álvarez Gómez, Raúl).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Álvarez Gómez, Raúl.