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    i'm interested in the types of some actors Christopher Nolan has worked with multiple times in his films. i put some guesses down, but i want to know what other people think.


    Christopher Nolan (LSI?)



    Christian Bale (LSI)
    The Prestige, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises



    Michael Caine (i think he's been typed ESI before?)
    The Prestige, Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises



    Cillian Murphy (IEI?)
    Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight



    Ken Watanabe (LSI)
    Inception, Batman Begins



    Joseph Gordon-Levitt (ILE?)
    Inception, The Dark Knight Rises



    Tom Hardy (SLE?)
    Inception, The Dark Knight Rises



    Morgan Freeman (ESI?)
    Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises



    Marion Cotillard (XEI?)
    Inception, The Dark Knight Rises
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    I thought he is LSI or LII. At least Ti ego and valuing.

    The major theme in most of his movies is the futility and meaningless of revenge, although powerful and compelling. His other themes are justice and the never-ending search for it.

    Another common thread in his films is the death of a leading lady(onscreen and offscreen), Batman, Memento, Inception, Prestige, etc. Any relationships in his films tend to end in death, either before the movie begins or during the movie.

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    bump, added Marion Cotillard
    Quote Originally Posted by hkkmr View Post
    I thought he is LSI or LII. At least Ti ego and valuing.

    The major theme in most of his movies is the futility and meaningless of revenge, although powerful and compelling. His other themes are justice and the never-ending search for it.

    Another common thread in his films is the death of a leading lady(onscreen and offscreen), Batman, Memento, Inception, Prestige, etc. Any relationships in his films tend to end in death, either before the movie begins or during the movie.
    yeah. i just re-watched Batman Begins... i was really struck by the process of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman - he carefully and purposefully crafts his image to have a certain effect ("theatrical" and intimidating to his enemies), but at the same time the Batman persona is highly symbolic and holds a lot of deep personal meaning to him - his beliefs, purpose in life, and even his own internal struggles with his fears and his guilt. also addressed is the issue of authenticity, the paradox of having to wear a mask while acting on one's true inclinations. it all seems very Beta to me.

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    Christopher Nolan (LSI?) ESTP
    Christian Bale (LSI) agree
    Michael Caine (i think he's been typed ESI before?) SEE
    Cillian Murphy (IEI?) ENTP(?)
    Ken Watanabe (LSI) ESTP(?)
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt (ILE?) ILE(?)
    Tom Hardy (SLE?) SLE(?)
    Morgan Freeman (ESI?) ILE
    Marion Cotillard (XEI?) SEI(?)

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    Christopher Nolan: LSI is possible, and i'm sure about ti-ego for him, but ti-ego more in beta style, it's easy to see in his films
    Christian Bale: LSI-EIE, he's definitely rational, and &-valuing
    Michael Caine: Gamma SF
    Cillian Murphy IEI, the obvious
    Ken Watanabe: LSI, no objections ; dd
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt: some Ej, ENXj
    Tom Hardy: ESTx? dunno
    Morgan Freeman: ESE
    Marion Cotillard: ILE

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    What is the reasoning behind LSI for Bale?


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    Christopher Nolan: Fe-ENFj
    Christian Bale: Ti-ENTp
    Michael Caine: Te-ESTj
    Cillian Murphy: ?
    Ken Watanabe: ISTj. Reminds me of Yul Brynner as well
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Fi-ENFp
    Tom Hardy: ESTp
    Morgan Freeman: Ne-INFj
    Marion Cotillard: ?

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    bump, IMO

    Christopher Nolan - Ti-LII
    Christian Bale - Ti-ILE
    Michael Caine Te-LSE
    Cillian Murphy Fe-IEI
    Ken Watanabe Se-LSI
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ne-IEE
    Tom Hardy Ti-SLE
    Morgan Freeman Ne-EII
    Marion Cotillard Fe-SEI
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    Christopher Nolan - Fe-ENFj
    Christian Bale - Ti-ENTp
    Michael Caine - Te-ESTj
    Cillian Murphy - Ni-INFp
    Ken Watanabe - Se-ISTj
    Joseph Gordon Levitt - Fi-ENFp
    Tom Hardy - Ti-ESTp
    Morgan Freeman - Ne-INFj
    Marion Cotillard - Ti-ISTj

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    Good thread. I see a lot of and logic > ethics in Nolan's movies, so I would guess ILI, LSI, or maybe LII. What about SLE for Christian Bale? I can't decide. Caine is LSI > ESI IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thehotelambush View Post
    Good thread. I see a lot of and logic > ethics in Nolan's movies, so I would guess ILI, LSI, or maybe LII. What about SLE for Christian Bale? I can't decide. Caine is LSI > ESI IMO.
    I think LSI or LII because of his usual deprioritization of vengeance and revenge for justice. All the vengeance in his stories are tragic. He also works majority of the time with Ti valuing types. I always enjoyed his films also because of how thoroughly consistent they are despite their often complex plot lines and story.

    Also I think he's got a similar VI to Gulenko.



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    You can laugh but I think Nolan is a SLE.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ergot View Post
    Christian Bale strikes me as Fi leading/evaluating or Si devaluing (ESI?)
    I think Bale is definitely not Fi ego. Fi egos doesn't lash out like he does, ofcourse they could lash out and it could be more ugly than this but in a different way. He expresses all of the reasons of his frustration with dramatic demonstration. I agree he might be Si devaluing or has little Si or both.


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    I don't really see how movies like Memento and Inception could've been made by someone with low-dimensional Ni (or unvalued). It's not about "intuition of time" or anything relating to the literal nonlinearity, more just the nuance in the kind of temporality he chose to employ. But to be fair, the Batman movies could resonate with LSI, though the fact that their topic is already embedded in a template of principles kind of obscures things. Based on these aspects and the interviews I watched some time ago I'd guess a heavily Ni-sub xIE. Most of his go to actors seem beta.
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    His movies are Ni as fuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ergot View Post
    do you think Bale is a hamlet, by any chance?
    Yes, I think most probable type is EIE for him. I have seen others typing him as LSI and ILE. LSIs can't be expressive as he is due to 1D Fe and 1D Ne. His innotation conveys an emotion most of the time, definitely not 1D Fe. I can't say anything about ILE typing because of my lack of experience, however, if he is indeed ILE, that means ILE can fill my Fe bars easily and that doesn't make sense to me. I don't think he is SLE because the way he attacks point out D(Ne)>D(Se).

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    I also think that Bale seems more like an EIE.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ergot View Post
    I puzzle over that too. The conclusion I came to is that Ni lead or creative may convey their overarching themes in a more subtle way. There would be more happening off-screen, power given to things unsaid ,that you would be left to connect the dots by.
    I still don't have a firm grasp of how to observe use of Ni in a person though, which reduces my take to ...

    a LSI hunch , really
    based on what Chris chooses to place emphasis on in interviews or describes being meticulous about. e.g. he employs practical effects over CGI in his movies, instead large set pieces shift in real time to make the world believable.
    I have not found him engaged in purely theoretical discussions of his movies. he speaks a lot on the cinematic impact he's looking to deliver; something spectacular, grand
    It's a fair point, I guess the thematic delivery to me was kind of self-contained, whether it be the ambiguity in batman's ultimate status, the resolution in Memento, or whatever. It is very impactful, though.

    As far as the theoretical aspect goes, it's ambiguous. That video you linked could be interpreted either way, it was more or less an exercise in Ni/Se, lol. But I wouldn't consign EIEs to the realm of theory any more than assume LSIs should always be talking about tangibles.
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    His less commercial ized ventures always move me so much. The middle batman as well.

    When I first watched Inception I cried.

    But yeah I still think his movies play around with and or use interior intuition of time.

    He does have a heavy physical presence, but I've seen this LIE as well so I'm undecided.

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    I type Nolan and Bale as both LSI's, and I think Christopher has a tendency to create main characters sort of in his own image. Intellectual, independent, resillient and burdened men who try to achieve justice by their own willpower and are not deterred by anything in that pursuit. All the elements of Beta play massive roles in all of his films with Ti and Ni being most present in their overarching themes.
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    Nolan's brother, Jonathan Nolan seem LSI. I think this is why alot of Nolan's movie seem to have strong LSI theme since he's co-writer.

    Chistopher Nolan himself look like a victim (or at least not strong Se), could be LIE - Ni because he doesn't look like ILI to me.

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    I think he's IEE-Fi. I am LIE, and when I watch his movies (which I don't dislike, but they bug me a bit like I will describe) it makes me feel similar to when I interact with IEE's, that I feel they're off or not skilled at something that I am (which could be described as 'common sense'). I could go into a more detailed explanation of this with Model B, but nobody cares about model B, so I'll leave it at that.

    He also VI's IEE-Fi (look at those catty eyes) and has the imagination more of a delta NF (not that LIE's don't have imagination, but it is usually a bit less "ambitious").

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    Jonathan Nolan -- maybe LSE-Te


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    Nolan movies always heavily Ni - Se power struggle and ideas, I don't think he has any bit of Delta weirdo in his bone

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    Wonder why you think all deltas are weirdos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lavos View Post
    Wonder why you think all deltas are weirdos.
    Weirdos ... and normies

    If we use quadra value here, then you can see Beta and Gamma more sticking with theme like power struggle, philosophy, war...

    When Alpha or Delta are more like your average weirdo/normie in everyday life

    It's generalizing but it's what it is.

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    I guess he could be ILI-Ni or LIE-Ni, but then I wonder why I notice this lack of common sense in his movies, as if it was his PoLR. For example, Interstellar is one big mess of grandiose ideas, where characters don't really behave in a realistic manner. Hmmm, perhaps what I'm noticing is -Fe/+Fi PoLR instead, because what actually doesn't make sense in his movies are how characters behave; the plots actually make sense, albeit are a bit pretentious. He could be ILI-Ni. Pretty sure he is not LIE though. He seems a 3w2 so/sp, so I don't know how common that is for ILI. Perhaps he could be LIE-Ni though like you say. I do like the themes and the twists from his movies.

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    Been watching this and beyond his enneagram, I don't get a clear reading:



    He looks a bit like the Scientology guy.



    I'm starting to think they're both LIE-Ni's 3w2.
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