A few weeks ago I came across a video where Christopher NolanTogether with the interviewer, he commented on posts relating to the cinematic world he created. One read this “My life is like a Christopher Nolan movie, I don’t really understand what’s going on.”. To the interviewer’s question “What would you say to him or her?”answered the British director “I would say don’t try to understand it. I just feel it”.
“Oppenheimer” is a new and long-awaited work by one of the most famous and interesting contemporary directors of the new millennium. Released in Italy a month late, unlike almost everything else in the world, the feature film immediately took first place at the Italian box office and reached almost one billion worldwide. Already with the numbers this is a success, but in other respects is it really so?
Biographical film traces the life of a physicist Robert OppenheimerThis is discussed in the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Robert Oppenheimer, Father of the Atomic Bomb. Kai Bird AND Martin J. Sherwin. The muse took his place Nolan, Cillian Murphysurrounded by a stellar cast like Emily Blunt like his wife Kitty; Florence Pughlover on the left Jean; Robert Downey Jr bad admiral Strauss and finally Matt Damon as an American general who starts the Manhattan Project.
It tells not only the entire academic path of the physicist up to the creation of the first atomic bomb, but also everything that happened after this fateful historical moment, that is, the change in his direction, the decision to go against his own creation and thus become an inconvenient public image for high-ranking government officials. The whole farcical process is then proposed again to deprive him of any government permission to continue his studies, a process orchestrated by a puppet master who enjoys toying with fate Oppenheimer.
In just three hours you can see all his artistry. Nolan on a narrative and technical level. First of all, the fundamental presence of time, which here again is the main character in all time arcs, embedded and connected with each other (at first it may be difficult to understand what period a particular scene belongs to, but then everything comes back). Secondly, the director’s skillful technique, which once again amazes the audience: the film was shot on IMAX 70 mm film to give the opportunity to see everything without losing anything; There is very little computer graphics, since the atomic bomb is recreated in miniature for real (I’m not kidding, everything is real), and scenes in various American and European locations are actually filmed on location (including Los Alamos, specially recreated a hundred kilometers from the historical site ); The photography is, as always, exceptional, whether shown in digital format (or IMAX or 70mm) or on 35mm film (shown in many cinemas, including Milan), as it is shown in color (for subjective scenes main character) and in black. and white (for objective ones that actually took place as historical facts); finally, the sound, a sound that irritates the viewer in some scenes, although it is loud and impressive, as if it wants to make people feel the same discomfort that the main character experiences at certain moments (I will tell you that when I first saw this, in Berlin The seats and walls shook 70mm in the room).
And he is supported, I repeat, by a magnificent musician who composes the soundtrack. Among the many things you will remember as soon as you leave the room is the music. Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther”, “Tenet”), accompanying events Robert Oppenheimer. A constant crescendo of strings, sometimes unsettling, but always grandiose.
However, if you want to see a combination of IMAX and 70mm, you’ll have to go to London, Manchester or Prague. In our country, unfortunately, you see this one way or another (and it is not obvious that all cities have such an opportunity). However, it’s important to just see it. And do you know why? Because these three hours fly by, fly by largely thanks to the skill of this director, who once again amazed us with a Masterpiece with a capital M.