Christopher Nolan cinema on the axis of Nietzsche's philosophy

This study sets out with the intention of tracing the philosophical thoughts of Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th century thinker who influenced many different fileds such as psychology, sociology, politics and ultimately art, in the field of contemporary cinema. Based on such a starting point, the study focuses on the films of Christopher Nolan as a contemporary director who allows us to follow the traces of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical thougts. In this context, the main purpose of the study is to discover how Christopher Nolan, who uses narrative and visual complexity together in his works and frequently refers to introspection, utilises and incorporates Nietzsche's philosophy into his films through the fiction he constructs and the characters he creates. Throughout the study, the films "The Dark Knight", "Inception" and "The Prestige", which belong to Christopher Nolan's cinema and contain many characters and themes referring to Nietzsche's philosophical concepts, have been analysed and discussed around concepts such as "Overman", "will to power", "master-slave morality", which from the basis of Nietzsche's philosophy. The ultimate aim of the study is to reveal the points where Nietzsche's philosophy and Nolan's cinematic style overlap and to show how these points are transferred to the contemporary cinema audience.