Oppenheimer Biographer Reacts to Christopher Nolan’s Movie

There is no doubt that Oppenheimer is one of the most anticipated films of this summer. After the not-so-good reception of Tenet, the film that meant Christopher Nolan’s departure from Warner Bros. Discovery, the director returns with his first R-rated movie in more than 20 years, and with a story that seems made to surprise the world as only he knows how to do.

Cillian Murphy puts himself in the shoes of Robert J. Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb and for his involvement in Project Manhattan, and perhaps one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century due to its creation and the enormous impact it had.

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The cast is completed by Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer and Tom Conti as none other than Albert Einstein. They’ll be joined by Matt Damon, Kenneth Branagh, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Rami Malek, and Gary Oldman.

With this movie, Nolan seeks to delve inside the head of his protagonist like never before and tell a story that will dive into one of the most sensitive moments in human history.

Related: How Oppenheimer Fits Into Christopher Nolan’s Cinematic Universe

Oppenheimer Will Hopefully Give People a Lot to Talk About

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The co-writer of Oppenheimer’s biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird, revealed his reaction to Variety after seeing the film and the impact he hopes it will have:

“I am, at the moment, stunned and emotionally recovering from having seen it. I think it is going to be a stunning artistic achievement, and I have high hopes it will actually stimulate a national, even global conversation about the issues that Oppenheimer was desperate to speak about — about how to live in the atomic age, how to live with the bomb and about McCarthyism — what it means to be a patriot, and what is the role for a scientist in a society drenched with technology and science, to speak out about public issues.”

Oppenheimer not only seeks to revolutionize cinema with its story, but also with the way of telling it. As he usually does, Christopher Nolan has found new ways with this film to surprise the audience.

Just as in 2008 he was the first director to use the IMAX format to shoot action sequences in The Dark Knight, with Oppenheimer he has managed to get the black and white scenes shot with the same cameras, challenging Kodak and Fotoken to make film stock that did not exist until now, since the film has scenes in color and others in black and white.

IMAX has been a long-time ally for Nolan, who’s taking all the screens available with this format to present the movie, which has created an important issue for another of the most anticipated releases of the year, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which will only have a week to be shown on IMAX before Oppenheimer’s debut.

Oppenheimer hits theaters on July 21st, the same day as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.

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