Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route while

He shoots on large-format film with large, cumbersome cameras to get the best possible cinematic image. He prefers practical effects over computer-generated ones and real locations over soundstages 91裸聊视频� even when that means recreating an atomic explosion in the harsh winds of the New Mexico desert in the middle of the night

Though, despite internet rumors, they did not detonate an actual nuclear weapon.

And as for the biography that inspired his newest film, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin91裸聊视频檚 riveting, linear narrative 91裸聊视频淎merican Prometheus91裸聊视频� was simply the starting point from which Nolan crafted a beguiling labyrinth of suspense and drama.

It91裸聊视频檚 why, in his two decades working in Hollywood, Nolan has become a franchise unto himself 91裸聊视频� the who makes films that are both intellectually stimulating and commercial, accounting for more than $5 billion in box office receipts. That combination is part of the reason why he91裸聊视频檚 able to attract Oscar winners and movie stars not just to headline his films, but also to turn out for just a scene or two.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e all been so intoxicated by his films,91裸聊视频� said who plays J. Robert Oppenheimer91裸聊视频檚 wife, Kitty. 91裸聊视频淭hat exploration of huge themes in an entertaining way doesn91裸聊视频檛 happen. It just doesn91裸聊视频檛 happen. That depth, the depth of the material, and yet on this massive epic scale.91裸聊视频�

In the vast and complex story of the brilliant theoretical physicist who oversaw and the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, Nolan saw exciting possibilities to play with genre and form. There was the race to develop it before the Germans did, espionage, romance, domestic turmoil, a courtroom drama, bruised egos, political machinations, communist panic, and the burden of having created something that could destroy the world.

And then there was the man himself, beloved by most but hated by enough, who, after achieving icon status in American society, saw his by the very institutions that built him.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 such an ambitious story to tell,91裸聊视频� said who plays Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. 91裸聊视频淩eading the script, I had the same feeling I had when I read 91裸聊视频業nterstellar,91裸聊视频� which was: 91裸聊视频楾his is great. How the hell is he going to do this?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 not so disconnected from Nolan91裸聊视频檚 other films, either. As critic Tom Shone noted in his book about the director, 91裸聊视频淟ooked at one way, Nolan91裸聊视频檚 films are all allegories of men who first find their salvation in structure only to find themselves betrayed or engulfed by it.91裸聊视频�

Nolan to take on the gargantuan task of portraying Oppenheimer. in five Nolan films, including the Batman trilogy, 91裸聊视频淒unkirk91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淚nception,91裸聊视频� but this would be his first time as a lead 91裸聊视频� something he had secretly pined for.

91裸聊视频淵ou feel a responsibility, but then a great hunger and excitement to try and do it, to see where you can get,91裸聊视频� said Murphy, who prepped extensively for six months before filming, working closely with Nolan throughout. 91裸聊视频淚t was an awful lot of work, but I loved it. There is this kind of frisson, this energy when you91裸聊视频檙e on a Chris Nolan set about the potential for what you91裸聊视频檙e going to achieve.91裸聊视频�

It would be an all-consuming role that would require some physical transformation to approximate that famously thin silhouette. A complex, contradictory figure, Oppenheimer emerged from a somewhat awkward youth to become a renaissance man who seemed to carry equal passion for the Bhagavad Gita, Proust, physics, languages, New Mexico, philosophical questions about disarmament and the perfectly mixed martini. But Murphy knew he was in safe hands with Nolan.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 the most natural director I91裸聊视频檝e ever worked with. And the notes that he gives to an actor, are quite remarkable. How he can gently bring you to a different place with your performance is quite stunning in such a subtle, low-key, understated way,91裸聊视频� Murphy said. 91裸聊视频淚t can have a profound effect on the way you look at a scene from one take to another take.91裸聊视频�

Nolan wrote the main timeline of the film in the first person, to represent Oppenheimer91裸聊视频檚 subjective experience.

91裸聊视频淲e want to see everything through Oppenheimer91裸聊视频檚 point of view,91裸聊视频� Nolan said. 91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 a huge challenge for an actor to take on because they91裸聊视频檙e having to worry about the performance, the truth of the performance, but also make sure that that91裸聊视频檚 always open to the audience.91裸聊视频�

The other timeline, filmed in black and white, is more objective and focused on Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.), a founding member of the Atomic Energy Commission and a supporter of the development of the more destructive hydrogen bomb.

91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� is Nolan91裸聊视频檚 first R-rated film since 200291裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淚nsomnia,91裸聊视频� which after years of working exclusively in PG-13, he91裸聊视频檚 comfortable with. It fits the gravity of the material.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e dealing with the most serious and adult story you could imagine 91裸聊视频� very important, dramatic events that changed the world and defined the world we live in today,91裸聊视频� Nolan said. 91裸聊视频淵ou don91裸聊视频檛 want to compromise in any way.91裸聊视频�

Much of the filming took place in New Mexico, including at where thousands of scientists, technicians and their families lived and worked for two years in the effort to develop the bomb. Nolan enlisted many of his frequent behind-the-scenes collaborators, including his wife and producer cinematographer composer and special effects supervisors Scott Fisher and Andrew Jackson, as well as some newcomers like and to help bring this world to life.

91裸聊视频淚t was a very focused set 91裸聊视频� fun set as well, not too serious. But the work was serious, the sweating of the details was serious,91裸聊视频� Blunt said. 91裸聊视频淓veryone needs to kind of match Chris91裸聊视频� excellence, or want to.91裸聊视频�

When it came to Oppenheimer91裸聊视频檚 chosen name for art and life blended in a visceral way.

91裸聊视频淲e wanted to put the audience there in that bunker,91裸聊视频� Nolan said. 91裸聊视频淭hat meant really trying to make these things as beautiful and frightening and awe inspiring as they would have been to the people at the time.91裸聊视频�

Though no real nukes were used, they did stage a lot of real explosions to approximate the blindingly bright atomic fire and mushroom cloud.

91裸聊视频淭o do those safely in a real environment out in the nighttime desert, there91裸聊视频檚 a degree of discipline and focus and adrenaline and just executing that for the film that echoes and mirrors what these guys went through on the grandest scale in a really interesting way,91裸聊视频� Nolan said. 91裸聊视频淚 felt everybody had that very, very tight sense of tension and focus around all those shooting nights.91裸聊视频�

The weather also 91裸聊视频渄id what it needed to do, as per history,91裸聊视频� Murphy said, as the wind picked up and whipped around the set.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 rumored to be very lucky with the weather and it91裸聊视频檚 not the case. It91裸聊视频檚 just that we decide to shoot whatever the weather,91裸聊视频� Nolan said. 91裸聊视频淚n the case of the Trinity test, it was essential, central to the story that this big storm rolls in with tremendous drama. And it did. That really made the sequence come to life.91裸聊视频�

He added: 91裸聊视频淭he extremity of it put me very much in the mindset of what it must have been like for these guys. It really felt like we were out in it.91裸聊视频�

Then, of course, there is the experience of watching 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲hen you91裸聊视频檙e making a movie, I feel like you91裸聊视频檙e on the inside looking out,91裸聊视频� Blunt said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 really overwhelming to see it reflected back at you, especially one of this magnitude. 91裸聊视频� I just felt like my breastplate was going to shatter, it was so intense.91裸聊视频�

The hope is that when 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� is unleashed on the world, audiences will be as invested and . The film has a run in IMAX theaters around the country, not something often afforded serious-minded, R-rated movies in the middle of But this is also the essential Nolan impossibility.

As more and more auteurs have had to compromise 91裸聊视频� to either go smaller or team with streamers to get the kind of budget they might once have had at studios, like even and have had to do this year 91裸聊视频� Nolan continues to make his movies on the grandest scale.

91裸聊视频淓ach of his films has been revolutionary in their own way,91裸聊视频� Murphy said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 an event every time he releases a film, and rightly so.91裸聊视频�

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