![]() And the notes that he gives to an actor, are quite remarkable. “He’s the most natural director I’ve ever worked with. But Murphy knew he was in safe hands with Nolan. A complex, contradictory figure, Oppenheimer emerged from a somewhat awkward youth to become a renaissance man who seemed to carry equal passion for the Bhagavad Gita, Proust, physics, languages, New Mexico, philosophical questions about disarmament and the perfectly mixed martini. It would be an all-consuming role that would require some physical transformation to approximate that famously thin silhouette. There is this kind of frisson, this energy when you’re on a Chris Nolan set about the potential for what you’re going to achieve.” “It was an awful lot of work, but I loved it. “You feel a responsibility, but then a great hunger and excitement to try and do it, to see where you can get,” said Murphy, who prepped extensively for six months before filming, working closely with Nolan throughout. Murphy had already acted in five Nolan films, including the Batman trilogy, “Dunkirk” and “Inception,” but this would be his first time as a lead - something he had secretly pined for. Nolan turned to Cillian Murphy to take on the gargantuan task of portraying Oppenheimer. As critic Tom Shone noted in his book about the director, “Looked at one way, Nolan’s films are all allegories of men who first find their salvation in structure only to find themselves betrayed or engulfed by it.” It's not so disconnected from Nolan's other films, either. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Reading the script, I had the same feeling I had when I read ‘Interstellar,’ which was: ‘This is great. “It’s such an ambitious story to tell,” said Matt Damon, who plays Gen. There was the race to develop it before the Germans did, espionage, romance, domestic turmoil, a courtroom drama, bruised egos, political machinations, communist panic, and the burden of having created something that could destroy the world.Īnd then there was the man himself, beloved by most but hated by enough, who, after achieving icon status in American society, saw his reputation and sense of self annihilated by the very institutions that built him. In the vast and complex story of the brilliant theoretical physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, Nolan saw exciting possibilities to play with genre and form. That depth, the depth of the material, and yet on this massive epic scale.” “That exploration of huge themes in an entertaining way doesn’t happen. “We’ve all been so intoxicated by his films,” said Emily Blunt, who plays J. That combination is part of the reason why he’s able to attract Oscar winners and movie stars not just to headline his films, but also to turn out for just a scene or two. It’s why, in his two decades working in Hollywood, Nolan has become a franchise unto himself - the rare auteur writer-director who makes films that are both intellectually stimulating and commercial, accounting for more than $5 billion in box office receipts. Sherwin’s riveting, linear narrative “American Prometheus” was simply the starting point from which Nolan crafted a beguiling labyrinth of suspense and drama. Though, despite internet rumors, they did not detonate an actual nuclear weapon.Īnd as for the biography that inspired his newest film, Kai Bird and Martin J. He prefers practical effects over computer-generated ones and real locations over soundstages - even when that means recreating an atomic explosion in the harsh winds of the New Mexico desert in the middle of the night for “Oppenheimer,” out July 21. He shoots on large-format film with large, cumbersome cameras to get the best possible cinematic image. ![]() NEW YORK – Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route while making a movie. ![]()
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