Oppenheimer, a much-anticipated film directed by Christopher Nolan, is set for release. An enormous success for the movie is predicted. The biographical thriller movie is based on the biography book American Prometheus about J. Robert Oppenheimer, who created nuclear weapons that altered the course of human history.
Here are some Oppenheimer facts to know before watching the film:
- With a running time of three hours, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is his longest-running film.
- Warner Bros. does not produce or distribute Oppenheimer. Since the release of Insomnia, all of Christopher Nolan’s movies have been distributed by Warner Bros. The release of Barbie by Warner Bros. on the same day may have been a direct result of a possible cold war between the two parties. The simultaneous theatrical release of both movies has given rise to a new social media trend known as Barbenheimer.
- As Nolan himself has stated, there are no CGI scenes in Oppenheimer. CGI stands for computer-generated graphics, or graphics that were originally generated by a computer. It doesn’t imply that the movie makes no use of graphics or VFX. The technology is only used to enhance the filmed shots, though.
- The movie is Christopher Nolan’s second World War II-themed production. The first was Dunkirk, which was published in 2017. Oppenheimer will be released on July 21, 2023, the same day as Dunkirk.
- Oppenheimer is the first IMAX movie ever partially shot in 65mm black and white celluloid, with both color and black and white sections. It serves to draw attention to various historical periods and points of view. It is said that the black and white portion depicts actual incidents, while the color portion represents J. Robert Oppenheimer’s point of view.
- For IMAX, Kodak created the first-ever black-and-white film stock so that the black-and-white segments could be captured with the same level of quality as the color segments.
- IMAX film stock used for the entire reel measures almost 18 kilometers in length and weighs 272 kilograms, according to a statement made by Christopher Nolan.
- Oppenheimer is Nolan’s first script to be written in the first person. Nolan wanted Oppenheimer’s feelings and thoughts to be conveyed through the story.