It would have seemed inconceivable then, but the atomic bomb did fade out of mind.
And it’s precisely at this moment that Christopher Nolan is asking audiences to look it soberly in the eye.
As the name suggests, Nolan has taken on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific genius and conflicted godfather of the atomic bomb.
Cillian Murphy as godfather of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer."
But even if a war involving a nuclear power hadn’t erupted in Europe in 2022, Nolan believes “Oppenheimer” contains crossover anxieties.
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CNN, Manhattan, U.S . Atomic Energy Commission, Universal Pictures, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Trinity
Locations:
Cambridge, Russia, Ukraine, New Mexico, Europe