Director Christopher Nolan has become best known for his spectacular-looking blockbuster movies, and that's exactly why he should remake his oldest, lowest-budgeted movie. The celebrated filmmaker has revolutionized Hollywood several times over, whether it's forcing the industry to take comic book movies seriously with the Dark Knight trilogy, or leading the way in making IMAX cameras common use. Nolan's name attached to a movie is almost as bankable as any A-list actor starring in the film, as audiences have come to expect mind-blowing narratives and a sense of scope that even Steven Spielberg struggles to keep up with.

With Oppenheimer, Nolan literally recreated a nuclear bomb blast without CGI, and can do almost anything he wants, as Universal gave him complete creative freedom and a $100 million budget, which isn't granted to just any filmmaker. However, that's a far cry from how Nolan got started in the industry. While his sophomore effort, Memento, established the filmmaker's creative and non-linear writing style with a wide audience, he pieced together an incredible thriller two years earlier with his directorial debut, Following. The movie was shot for just $6,000, and while it has a great narrative, its limitations are distracting - which means it would prove an incredible remake.

Following Could Be A Modern-Day Christopher Nolan Thriller

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Quentin Tarantino wants to remake Reservoir Dogs because he thinks it could be way better with 30 years of experience under his belt following the film's 1992 release. This is exactly why Nolan should remake his directorial debut, as Following could be a terrific modern-day thriller. The 1998 release is about a London writer who follows random civilians in hope of finding interesting stories for his novels, but he gets himself into more than he bargained for. With the 25 years of experience the filmmaker has built, a Following remake has the potential to be extraordinary, well-shot, and overall much better than the original.

While Nolan's movies are getting bigger and more spectacular with each consecutive release, his earlier mid-budget thriller movies are still missed. Nobody makes movies like Memento or Insomnia anymore, not even Nolan. The director seemingly only has an interest in warped sci-fi movies and war epics, but a Following remake would see the director return to the genre that made him so successful in the first place. And as Following is just 70 minutes with some of the concepts not being fully realized, Nolan could take the ideas of the original and explore them in much greater detail.

Following's Production Problems Ruined The Original Movie

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Following is interesting, clever, and explores interesting themes, just like Nolan's other films. However, though the story has the potential to be an all-time classic, that $6,000 micro-budget holds it back from being one of Nolan's best. The black-and-white film stock is too grainy, the lighting is patchy, and Christopher Nolan clearly didn't shoot enough takes. The overall look and sound of the film keep it from being a Nolan-tier spectacle. The $6,000 budget is literally .0006% of Oppenheimer's production cost, and as the director gets any budget he asks for, there's no doubt that Following could be another one of his $100 million epics shot on an IMAX camera.