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Oppenheimer

comes along to tell its story about the darkest invention in existence. The drama was even shot on big-screen formats like IMAX to enhance the experience. Special effects-laden movies are meant to take viewers through a visual roller-coaster. Christopher Nolan explores deep character studies and heady themes in his films regardless of genre. According to Variety, the biographer behind the subject of Oppenheimer is still processing his emotions after watching the film.Kai Bird, the Historian who co-wrote the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

, which served as the basis for this film, spoke in a conversation with David Nirenberg at Leon Levy Center for Biography in New York about how he hopes the movie sparks talk about the issues explored in Oppenheimer. Bird explains that he is “at the moment, stunned and emotional recovering” after having seen the film. I think it’s going to be an amazing artistic achievement and I hope it will stimulate a national and even global conversation on the issues Oppenheimer wanted to address — how to live in the nuclear age, how do you live with a bomb, and about McCarthyism. I also hope it will spark a discussion about what it means to a patriot and what the role of a scientist is in a world flooded with technology and science. Nolan adapted this book which was a biography about the revolutionary physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project in World War II. Cillian Murphy plays the titular role in the movie, and Nolan had reportedly written the screenplay in first person, which should further explore the personal struggle and immeasurable regret Oppenheimer carried with him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tws_wdqjeMI

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