‘Oppenheimer‘ is one of the most anticipated movies of 2023 and with its theatrical release almost nearing fans can’t contain their excitement. Christopher Nolan’s film about the atomic bomb which ends World War 2 is laced with a stellar star cast including Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey. Jr, Florance Pugh, Emily Blunt, along with Matt Damon.
‘Oppenheimer’ is the second Christopher Nolan movie to be R-rated after 2002’s ‘Insomnia’. Nolan also explains the reason for the R-rated stage, as it is kind of a horror movie, leaving the fans devastated and disturbed.
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Christopher Nolan Agrees ‘Oppenheimer’ Is A Horror Movie
The biopic based on the physicist’s work on making the first nuclear weapons under the Manhattan Project will not be a colorful or smooth film to watch. During the early screening of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan said, “Some people leave the movie absolutely devastated. They can’t speak. I mean, there’s an element of fear that’s there in the history and there in the underpinnings. But the love of the characters, the love of the relationships, is as strong as I’ve ever done”.
Speaking with Wired, Christopher Nolan said, “I think you might have to wait a long time before you do. It is an intense experience, because it’s an intense story. I showed it to a filmmaker recently who said it’s kind of a horror movie. I don’t disagree. It’s interesting that you used the word nihilism earlier, because I don’t think I’d quite managed to put my finger on it. But as I started to finish the film, I started to feel this color that’s not in my other films, just darkness. It’s there. The film fights against that”.
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Christopher Nolan On Making ‘Oppenheimer’
As revealed earlier that ‘Oppenheimer’ revolves around Mr. Robert Oppenheimer played by Cillian Murphy, whose contribution to developing nuclear weapons lead to many horrendous incidents. His discoveries made during the Manhattan Project allowed the United States to carry out two nuclear bombings in Japan in August 1945, the final year of World War II. After knowing the consequences and aftermath of his creation, Oppenheimer regretted his work. The film will also focus on the aftermath of the bombing and explores the nuclear physicist character in depth.
However, to illustrate the impact of nuclear weapons, Christopher Nolan uses practical explosives instead of CGI. Each scene of the movie will be presented with a disturbing and horrific undertone. The elements used in the film are to practically teleport the audience back in time just to feel the aftermath of the nuclear bombing which undoubtedly will make it a horror movie.
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