Fictional Christopher Nolan, Paperback by McGowan, Todd, ISBN 029275678X, ISBN-13 9780292756786, Brand New, Free shipping in the US With close readings of Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Inception, this theoretically sophisticated study explores how Christopher Nolan has developed a politically engaged filmmaking that makes explicit use of cinema’s tendency toward the lie.