Oppenheimer is an epic film, and an extraordinary cinematic achievement. Writer-Director Christopher Nolan’s biopic is delivered first as a thriller, a race against the Nazis to build the atomic bomb, and then shifts to a political thriller as Washington politicians smear the scientist. Every tool of cinema is used with aplomb, all to serve the compelling personal story developing amidst the larger war story.
The editing in particular is outstanding and possibly the finest editorial work since JFK , a film to which Oppenheimer owes a great deal cinematically.
Truly great performances depend on an actor’s ability to disappear into a role, to so inhabit their character that we almost appear to be watching a documentary as opposed to a scripted work. To that end, the film is a career achievement for Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as his wife, and Robert Downey, Jr. as Admiral Lewis Strauss. Indeed, Downey’s […]
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