“Oppenheimer” by the author Christopher Nolan had just been released in Italian cinemas and was an immediate success. Biographical film about the “father of the atomic bomb”, shot mainly in black and white, three hours long, which he got. EUR 2,028,801which matches perfectly with its competitor: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which debuted about a month ago with 2,178,000 euros.
Thus, it is the second best debut of the year and the best film ever. Christopher Nolan. On the local success of the film featuring Cillian Murphy Of course, a month of waiting had an effect on the international market, where Oppenheimer reached 727 million, becoming the fifth film ever banned for minors and the fourth in a special ranking of blockbusters signed by a British director, even surpassing the acclaimed Interstellar.
In the US and many other countries, Oppenheimer and Barbie were released on the same day, July 21st, bringing attention to a cinematic experience that hadn’t been seen in years.
Both have benefited from this: if Barbie has significantly exceeded the world mark of a billion dollars (about 1 billion 290 million, of which almost 30 in Italy), then Oppenheimer is quickly approaching 800 million with a budget of about $ 100.
Finally, Oppenheimer is also Nolan’s best Italian film debut. With this film, Nolan actually breaks the previous record for The Dark Knight Returns, which debuted on August 29, 2012, with 1,287,831 euros (14.7 million in total). It goes without saying that Oppenheimer is second to none.
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan: How true is the movie to the real story?
Christopher Nolan knew that Trinity’s ordeal scene in his epic Oppenheimer was going to be an exceptional moment. In the end, the real test of Trinity was the explosion of the first atomic bomb and a turning point in world history.
The bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert a few seconds after 5:30 am on July 16, 1945, causing a blinding burst of light and a shockwave felt hundreds of miles away. In just seven minutes, the mushroom cloud rose into the sky and reached a height of almost 12 km. It left a crater about 800 meters wide and 2.5 meters deep, composed of a green glassy radioactive substance known as trinitite.
Horrible as it was, the test was deemed a success: less than a month later, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to capitulate and end World War II.
The complex legacy and ethical dilemmas created by the creation of the atomic bomb will haunt theoretical physicists. J. Robert Oppenheimer. His efforts and the Manhattan Bomb Project’s team of scientists are the central theme of Oppenheimer.
Reproducing Trinity’s movie test was a challenge even for Nolan, a director and screenwriter known for his massive show films, in his 2020 work. the keeper he even blew up a real Boeing 747 instead of using CGI. Even in the case of Oppenheimer, Nolan chose not to use CGI because “it would create an excessive sense of security,” he told National Geographic.
“In the movie, Trinity’s ordeal was supposed to look terrifying and be a testament to what Oppenheimer gave to the world. It must have looked deadly. It had to be beautiful and surprising, but at the same time frightening.”
In cinema, historical accuracy can be complex and finicky (some viewers have noted, for example, that in Oppenheimer the depicted American flags show 50 stars, although there were actually only 48 at the time). However, Nolan says his goal was to ensure historical accuracy while avoiding making the film look like a clumsy imitation of a historical period.
Learn history and bring it back to life
In addition to telling the story of the race to build the first atomic bomb, Oppenheimer shows the experience of J. Robert Oppenheimer, his anxiety about creating weapons that could destroy civilization, and the political climate that turned him into a pariah. accused of sympathizing with the communists.
Based on the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Robert Oppenheimer, Father of the Atomic Bomb. The Triumph and Tragedy of a Scientist by Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Byrd, the film has made every effort to be as accurate as possible.
Interiors were filmed in historic buildings, some characters are based on real-life Manhattan Project scientists, and dialogue was used directly from US Senate hearings, declassified FBI documents, and other archival documents.
“I couldn’t find a single historical error in the film,” says Bird, who read Nolan’s script beforehand and gave his advice on the film. Oppenheimer’s signature hat was also tested for accuracy, with costume designer Ellen Mirojnick contacting hat makers in New York and Italy until she found the perfect piece.
During the reconnaissance of the area, the team traveled through the western United States and finally to northern New Mexico, where the real top-secret Army Manhattan Project was located. Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The scenes were filmed in the original house where Oppenheimer and his wife Kitty (Emily Blunt) lived, as well as at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where Oppenheimer AND Albert Einstein they worked together after World War II.
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