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Home » HOLLYWOOD » Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Ensures Historical Accuracy

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Ensures Historical Accuracy

Sophie Williams by Sophie Williams
May 24, 2023
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Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Ensures Historical Accuracy

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Christopher Nolan, who directed ‘Oppenheimer‘ made sure that every aspect of the film was historically accurate. He recreated bomb tests without CGI, hired real scientists as extras, filmed inside original Manhattan Project buildings (including Oppenheimer’s home), and faithfully replicated the remote site of Los Alamos, where Oppenheimer conducted his secret laboratory.

Historical Accuracy in Oppenheimer: Recreating Los Alamos, Real Scientists, and Authentic Bomb Tests

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Ensures Historical Accuracy
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In an interview with Vanity Fair, Matt Damon, who plays Leslie Groves in ‘Oppenheimer’ revealed that Nolan ensured historical accuracy in every aspect of the film. Damon said, “He’s so exacting. There’s been so much work before you get there, and you can feel it when you walk on [the set]. The level of detail is really exquisite.”

Nolan recreated bomb tests without using CGI, hired real scientists as extras, filmed inside historical Manhattan Project buildings—including the home where Oppenheimer, his wife, and two children actually lived—and recreated Los Alamos, a remote site in northern New Mexico where Oppenheimer ran his secret laboratory.

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  1. Recreating Los Alamos: To accurately depict the setting of the Manhattan Project, the production team reconstructed the Los Alamos facility. This involved meticulous research and attention to detail to recreate the environment as faithfully as possible.
  2. Hiring scientists as extras: In an effort to add authenticity to the film, scientists and experts were hired as extras. By involving individuals with a background in physics and related fields, the production team sought to ensure accuracy in portraying the scientific community and the work conducted during the Manhattan Project.
  3. Recreated bomb tests with no CGI: Nolan’s commitment to realism led to the decision to recreate bomb tests without relying on computer-generated imagery (CGI). By utilizing practical effects and techniques, the film aimed to capture the visceral and powerful nature of these tests as they occurred during historical events.
  4. Filming inside Manhattan Project buildings, including Oppenheimer’s home: To further enhance historical accuracy, the production team gained access to and filmed inside actual Manhattan Project buildings, including J. Robert Oppenheimer’s home. This allowed for an immersive experience and a genuine representation of the environments where key events unfolded.

In an interview with Total Film magazine, Nolan explained that in ‘Oppenheimer,’ the color scenes are subjective, while the black-and-white scenes are objective. He wrote the color scenes from the first-person perspective, which he found potentially daunting for the actors. Nolan said, “I wrote the script in the first person, which I’d never done before. I don’t know if anyone has ever done that or if that’s a thing people do or not. The film is objective and subjective. The color scenes are subjective; the black-and-white scenes are objective. I wrote the color scenes in the first person. So for an actor reading that, in some ways, I think it’d be quite daunting.”

Christopher Nolan Revealed The Dual Perspectives in 'Oppenheimer's Color Switching

From Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy), a brilliant theoretical physicist who was appointed as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and Oppenheimer’s journey as he works tirelessly to develop the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, a top-secret government initiative. He works closely with Leslie Groves (played by Matt Damon), a military leader tasked with overseeing the project, and faces opposition from scientists who question the morality of creating such a destructive weapon.

The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie as Edward Teller, Michael Angarano as Robert Serber, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Dylan Arnold as Frank Oppenheimer, David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Modine as Vannevar Bush, Jack Quaid, David Dastmalchian, Jason Clarke, Josh Peck as Kenneth Bainbridge, Devon Bostick as Seth Neddermeyer, Alex Wolff, Tony Goldwyn, Scott Grimes, Josh Zuckerman, and James D’Arcy.

Oppenheimer hits theaters on July 21, 2023, by Universal Pictures.

Source: Vanity Fair

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