It seems that the legendary director Mr. Christopher Nolan has done it again with his latest magnum opus, Oppenheimer. With the IMAX special film inching closer to a release date day by day, early reviews and film critics have begun falling for Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
As per the director himself, people are essentially left shell-shocked after seeing the movie due to its testament to adhering to the truth. Depicting horrifying events during World War II, film critics and early reviewers were left devastated after watching the movie!
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Leaves Early Reviewers Devasted
Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig are all set to go head-to-head when both Barbie and Oppenheimer will release in theaters on the 21st of July 2023. With two very different stories to tell, it seems that Nolan’s magnum opus is to the advantage since it has left film critics shell-shocked.
In an interview with Wired, the director talked about Oppenheimer and the honest brutality that occurred during the events of World War II. With deep philosophical talks, Christopher Nolan stated that early reviewers and film critics were left speechless after watching the movie.
“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.”
This wasn’t all since the director further revealed that since the subject of the movie was so complex, there had to be some questions remaining unanswered at the end of the movie for the people to actually realize what Oppenheimer is all about.
Oppenheimer’s Ending Will Leave The Audiences Confused
With such an intricate question in the balance, Christopher Nolan wanted the audience to think about the actual scope of the film. By writing the script in first-person POV, the director knew that no one in this film is right or wrong and left a complicated ending for audiences to interpret.
“Oppenheimer’s story is all impossible questions. Impossible ethical dilemmas, paradox. There are no easy answers in his story. There are just difficult questions, and that’s what makes the story so compelling.”
The director further continued,
“I think we were able to find a lot of things to be optimistic about in the film, genuinely, but there’s this sort of overriding bigger question that hangs over it. It felt essential that there be questions at the end that you leave rattling in people’s brains, and prompting discussion.”
With Cillian Murphy starring in the lead role alongside a spectacular star-cast of Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, and many others, Oppenheimer is set for a release date of 21st July 2023 in theaters across the U.S.
Source: Wired
