When it comes to creative methods and filmmaking, chances are every director and artist has their own way of doing things. Some are based on non-negotiable hobbies and others are open to whatever motivates or inspires them to tackle a project. Christopher NolanDirector of oppenheimercould belong to the second group.
During an interview with Wired, Christopher Nolan answered one of the most searched questions on the net: Where do you get your ideas? When questioned, the filmmaker said the following: “From anywhere. Varies depending on the movie. In the case of oppenheimer, someone had been interested in the idea for a while. He didn’t know much about the details of the story. Then I came to the book american prometheus and I was hooked.”
In addition to the above, the director explained that he has a personal link with the moment he addresses on the tape: “Like all kids growing up in the 1980s, we thought we were going to die from nuclear armageddon.“. Regarding this, in another interview he said: “There are moments in human history in which the danger of a nuclear war has been so palpable, tactile and visible that we were very aware of it. We worry for a while and move on. The problem is that the threat hasn’t really gone away.”
oppenheimer follow in the footsteps of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the minds that was part of the manhattan project. Through this, in which several of the most important scientists of the time were grouped, the atomic bomb was built. USA used it during World War II, in 1945, to attack the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan.
J. Robert Oppenheimer is played by Cillian Murphy. The first reactions and critics on the work of Christopher Nolan and Murphy are favorable for both. It is not the first time that the actor and the filmmaker have met on stage. Their working relationship began during the first installment of the trilogy. The dark knight. The interpreter participated in the entire saga. They later worked together again on: The origin (2010) and Dunkirk (2017).
The rest of the main figures that make up the cast of oppenheimer are: Emily Bluntlike Katherine; Robert Downey Jr.playing Lewis Strauss; Matt Damonin the role of Leslie Groves and Florence Puig, embodying the psychiatrist Jean Tatlock. Led by Christopher Nolan in the direction, this film is one of the most anticipated productions of the year and, judging by the first reviews, it could end up becoming one of the most important films of all of 2023. The feature film can be seen from this July 21, 2023 in movie theaters.