giant propaganda machine oppenheimeris the most awaited new film of Christopher Nolan, has begun to move forward with the announcement of the director and cast, with the world premiere in Paris and subsequent first public announcements, who have enthusiastically welcomed the challenge at the box office with Barbie and, finally, the actors during previews. The strike continued. London, where the artist was not present. But let’s go in order.
First Reactions to the World Premiere
movie with cillian murphy Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is performed for the first time in front of an audience in Paris. At the end of the premiere there was no shortage of reactions from the first lucky audience and the press, who immediately spoke of a “masterpiece”.
matt maytomThe deputy director of “Total Film” wrote on Twitter that he was “shocked” by the scene. According to him, the film is “a massive character study, with a stellar performance from Cillian Murphy. An epic historical drama but with a remarkable Nolan sensibility: tension, structure, sense of proportion, stunning sound design, extraordinary images.” Wonderful,
“A stupendous achievement in its true and concise adaptation, narrative inventions and nuanced performances by Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and all the other actors involved”. He writes Lindsey Bahr always on twitter. He wrote, “Nolan’s most impressive work yet.” Kenneth Turan on “Los Angeles Time”—the way he combines his recognized visual dexterity with one of the most intense characters in recent American cinema. oppenheimer “Straight up with Nolan is in my top 3 I remember And Prestigehe accepted Jonathan Dean The Sunday Times criticized the way the female characters were treated.
robycollins The Telegraph opined that the film “shook me, hit my brain like a plutonium core and made me cry about the credits like I couldn’t remember anything else. And you For everyone who has complained about the lack of sex in Christopher Nolan’s previous works, boy, you gotta see the sex as only Nolan can represent it.”
Challenge with Barbie and statements by Nolan, Murphy and Damon
Whereas oppenheimer will be released in Italy in a little over a month, on 23 augustThe opening will be shared with one of the most awaited films of the year on July 21 in the States. barbie With Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling by Greta Gerwig, which has been sympathetically referred to as “Barbenheimer”. In the past weeks we have seen how the cast members of both films have used the opportunity to promote each other, suggesting to the public not to choose, but to watch them both during the first weekend. A position that was recently confirmed by Christopher Nolan himself: “In summer, in a healthy market, there is always a crowd, I think everybody in the world who really loves cinema has waited a long time for the crowded market again, and now it’s here and it’s amazing.”
“I think it’s great. – he continued cillian murphy – Can’t wait to see Barbie. I think two extraordinary films made by two extraordinary directors releasing on the same day is a great thing for the industry and the audience. You can spend the whole day at the cinema, what can be better than this?” He shares the same opinion. Matt Damonwho plays General Leslie Groves in the film: “I love that people are talking about going to two movies a weekend, Ben Affleck and I used to go to two movies every weekend, and I think That people should go back to doing so.”
strike in london
Between the Paris and London previews, Hollywood was hit by an actors’ strike, adding to the screenwriters’ long-running strike. In solidarity with the SAG trade union, The actor walked the red carpet in London, but was refused entry into the roomOnly Christopher Nolan was left to address the audience with his own irony: “I have to pay tribute to the work of our incredible cast led by Cillian Murphy. The list is huge: Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek and many more….you’ve seen them here on the red carpet before they went to write their picket signs We believe there will be an imminent SAG strike, in which I will join one of our unions, the Screenwriters Union, in the fight for fair compensation for the members of our group.”
The same Emily BluntThe actress, who plays Oppenheimer’s wife Kitty in the film, said on the red carpet: ‘I hope everyone makes the proper compromises and we will be here to celebrate this film. And if there is a strike, we will walk out together. It’s going to happen. Now it’s about the joy of being together.” On the same lines Kenneth Branagh: “Like everyone I am hopeful that this will be resolved soon. This is an important moment for our industry, an existential moment. I am sure a fair deal is being sought, I sympathize with SAG, I have been a member for over 33 years and believe they are doing their best. I think that’s the right way.”
5 minute promotional video
To further raise the public’s expectations, Universal Pictures has published five minute video: a kind of long trailer, with which you can finally get a clear idea of the tone of the film and in which you can admire almost all the actors in their roles, starting with Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss.