With Nolan at least, he's acknowledged it was a deliberate "creative decision". > “We made carefully considered creative decisions,” Nolan explained. “There ar

With Nolan at least, he's acknowledged it was a deliberate "creative decision". > “We made carefully considered creative decisions,” Nolan explained. “There are particular moments in this film where I decided to use dialogue as a sound effect, so sometimes it’s mixed slightly underneath the other sound effects or in the other sound effects to emphasize how loud the surrounding noise is. It’s not that nobody has ever done these things before, but it’s a little unconventional for a Hollywood movie.”