news culture Christopher Nolan’s next film is going to be long… very long…
If you like Christopher Nolan’s films, you know it qu’Oppenheimer is coming to cinemas July 19th. As a reminder, this is a feature film focused on the life of Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist best known as a scientific leader Project Manhattan. He developed the first atomic bombs during World War II. This isn’t the British director’s first period film to direct Dunkirk, notably in 2017.
This new film features a five star cast with Cilian Murphy starring (Peaky Blinders, Inception, The Dark Knight), especially accompanied by Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes), Matt Damon (Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan), Emily Blunt (Sans un bruit, Into the Woods), Rami Malek (Untill Dawn, Mr Robot) et Florence Pugh (Midsummer, Black Widow).
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The longest of the Christopher Nolan films
The director announced it himself Oppenheimer will need a long time ! As a reminder, here are the durations of his most famous films: Inception is 2 hours 28, The Prestige is 2 hours 10, Batman Begins is 2 hours 20, The Dark Knights Rises is 2 hours 45, and Interstellar is 2 hours 49
It’s a little longer than the longest we’ve ever done (Interstellar, editor’s note)
– Christopher nolan
In addition, in another interview, Christopher Nolan spoke about the complexity of his main character, stating that he is “attracted to interesting protagonists who have a certain moral ambiguity”. Thus, with the character of Oppenheimer, the director offers a point of view that he seems to particularly like.
I think of all the characters I’ve dealt with, Oppenheimer is by far the most ambiguous and paradoxical. Which, considering I’ve done three Batman movies, is saying a lot.
