Oppenheimer does not directly depict what happened on the ground when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, turning some 100,000 people instantly into ashes, and killed thousands more in the days that followed, mostly civilians.
‘Oppenheimer’ has finally opened in Japan where two cities were attacked by the nuclear bombs, invented by the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
For all its praise, the film furthers the dominant narrative of the bombs as a morally fraught but necessary project, with American anxieties playing a starring role.
Signed letter by Oppenheimer dated 1945 fetches $5,000 at US auction By Saturday, bids for the report had topped $35,000 while the letter was closing in on $5,000. The auction ends Wednesday.
At Sunday's BAFTAs, the highlight of the British film year, the blockbuster is nominated for best film, for Nolan (director and adapted screenplay), as well as for Emily Blunt (supporting actress) and Robert Downey Jr. (supporting actor).
Praising Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Nawazuddin Siddiqui highlighted how Hindi movies lag in delivering conversations by focusing too much on dialogue delivery and a punch in the dialogues.
The DGA award win significantly boosts Christopher Nolan's prospects of winning the Best Director title at the upcoming Oscars due to the significant membership overlap between the DGA and Oscar voters.
Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan recently said that he has always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr because of his “generosity” and “charisma”.