Oppenheimer: How Christopher Nolan Built an Atomic Bomb

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Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan explains how he recreated the historic Trinity Test atomic blast without the use of CGI. Through experimentation and experience from his previous work on Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and The Dark Knight, Nolan and his visual effects team conjured up new methods when faced with the daunting task of trying to practically recreate the explosion of an atomic bomb.
Learn more about the Oppenheimer Atomic Bomb Test in this Christopher Nolan interview. Oppenheimer opens in theaters on July 21, 2023.
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  • @jamestully156
    @jamestully15611 ай бұрын

    Nolan is known for his practical effects, like that time he made a real black hole during the filming of Interstellar.

  • @gambello1195

    @gambello1195

    11 ай бұрын

    what a madman

  • @Riptide__

    @Riptide__

    11 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @elmalloc

    @elmalloc

    11 ай бұрын

    @@gambello1195 in a bad way

  • @Superfantastictop10

    @Superfantastictop10

    11 ай бұрын

    That's no way to talk about Matt Damon.

  • @R0a1

    @R0a1

    11 ай бұрын

    AI: No, black holes cannot be created by humans using current technology and scientific understanding. Black holes are formed from the gravitational collapse of massive stars, which requires incredibly high mass and density conditions that are beyond our current capabilities to reproduce.

  • @11sdownie
    @11sdownie11 ай бұрын

    Nolan is just an extraordinary film maker. Every one of his movies has genuinely been so important to me.

  • @Felnir

    @Felnir

    11 ай бұрын

    This is so true, very impactful filmmaker. Hell, since Interstellar every depiction of a Black Hole has the accretion disc and looks like the one in the movie, not like before it when it was just a patch of void on screen. Which is insane if you think about it since 99% of hollywood blockbusters are more or less scientifically inaccurate.

  • @MTD369

    @MTD369

    11 ай бұрын

    all except tenet. kinda reached too far on that one

  • @santymonty967

    @santymonty967

    11 ай бұрын

    Tenet was super important to you ? Lol

  • @elmalloc

    @elmalloc

    11 ай бұрын

    @@santymonty967 it was!

  • @bearpoop720

    @bearpoop720

    28 күн бұрын

    Even tenet?

  • @illuminous7937
    @illuminous793711 ай бұрын

    Really appreciate Nolan actually experimenting for months to get the right shot and see what worked the best rather then most modern Directors with the attitude of "we will fix it in post" just to offload a massive project to the VFX team

  • @didget7835

    @didget7835

    11 ай бұрын

    It's true, but in most cases "we will fix it in post" is something forced by producers, not necessarily directors. Just saying

  • @Blisterdude123

    @Blisterdude123

    11 ай бұрын

    Directors don't always just get to do what they want. They have producers to answer to.

  • @eeshangupta6007

    @eeshangupta6007

    11 ай бұрын

    took 57 days to shoot

  • @diollinebranderson6553

    @diollinebranderson6553

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@didget7835cough *taika waititi* cough

  • @space_1073

    @space_1073

    11 ай бұрын

    Love for practical effects doesn’t have to mean disdain for cg, there is absolutely an art to vfx, Nolan just prefers practical.

  • @EhBah160
    @EhBah16011 ай бұрын

    “It’s difficult for computer graphics to convey threat” seeing a real life scale nuke go off up close is going to be the absolute stellar moments of our lives

  • @omar619kamis

    @omar619kamis

    11 ай бұрын

    They didn't lunch nuke lol

  • @FanEAW

    @FanEAW

    11 ай бұрын

    they never built and detonated a nuke lmao the feds would NEVER allow that or it would start a troubling precedent.

  • @Holborovv

    @Holborovv

    11 ай бұрын

    This is why LOTR still holds up today campared to the Hobbit films. Real effects are far superior to CGI.

  • @mycroft16

    @mycroft16

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Holborovv You do realize that at the time, LOTR was the most CGI heavy film ever made, right? Like a significant percentage of that film has CGI in it. It's not about CGI or practical is better... it's about knowing when to use the tools you have. Nolan isn't anti CGI, he uses it all the time. He just knows when to use it in his style of filming. Too many use it as a crutch. Peter Jackson blended in camera, practical, miniature, and CGI. Hell, LoTR won special effects oscars for inventing software (MASSIVE) that is in use to this day in nearly every single movie.

  • @thechosenone9847

    @thechosenone9847

    11 ай бұрын

    We have the berut explotion for that

  • @JPMongeS
    @JPMongeS11 ай бұрын

    In 'Interstellar', Nolan helped people to understand black holes and other dimensions; now he's helping people to understand how an atomic bomb actually works.

  • @Geographus666

    @Geographus666

    11 ай бұрын

    Funny enough even the scientific community. Since they black-hole model used actual physics provided by Kip Thorne, it was the most accurate simulation of a black-hole to that date, partly becasue they had the budget to program a render-engine from scratch just to simulate the black-hole. The data obtained from the model used in Interstellar was the basis for several scientific publications.

  • @dd61125

    @dd61125

    11 ай бұрын

    cool story.

  • @djimenez371ify

    @djimenez371ify

    11 ай бұрын

    @@dd61125 just say youre too dumb to care

  • @taharauf7775

    @taharauf7775

    11 ай бұрын

    do blackholes have a time portal back to your home's book shelf? while the blackhole might look accurate asf its a farcry to think it explained to people exactly what goes on

  • @epicmetod

    @epicmetod

    11 ай бұрын

    more like time dillation, the 4th dimension scene is just for plot

  • @johnforde7735
    @johnforde773511 ай бұрын

    Nolan is very thoughtful and articulate. He really knows how to describe the art of film-making and the thought that goes in behind it to achieve the desired effect.

  • @metal6948
    @metal694811 ай бұрын

    Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite filmmakers, not just because of the movies themselves though. He is directly helping to keep methods of filmmaking alive. In an age where most studios and filmmakers are keen on shooting unfinished movies with the intent of digitally filling in gaps, and in rather uninspired ways, Nolan fights to keep things like film over digital cameras, practical effects, and the labor of flimmaking intact. Aggresively digitzed filmmaking is cold, lifeless, and passionless.The labor, the real tools and techniques give movies life, and an unmistakably real and tangible feeling.

  • @jack8831

    @jack8831

    11 ай бұрын

    Not using CGI for an explosion like this that has a very specific way to explode means trying to use muppets instead of real humans. Let's say it, this film is about the bomb, he had one job and that explosion is not represented at perfection. He failed.

  • @AkaSora96

    @AkaSora96

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jack8831 Wrong, this film is not about the bomb is about Oppenheimer

  • @jack8831

    @jack8831

    10 ай бұрын

    @@AkaSora96 Would you have watched the movie if there was no atomic bomb involved? 3 hours of dialogues with challenging accents, uncomprehensible whispering, names of people that "who is this one now?" ending up in nothing important?

  • @AkaSora96

    @AkaSora96

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jack8831Yes, is a historical biopic if its not to your taste just go watch another movie, the stunning practical shots about the atoms and about the bomb are just an extra for me

  • @PWN3GE

    @PWN3GE

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@AkaSora96 The only reason we know Oppenheimer's name is because he made an explosion. An explosion so important it changed history forever. Had the bomb not exploded, we wouldn't be talking about Oppenheimer, and there certainly wouldn't have been a movie made about him. The least Nolan could have done was depict such an important event convincingly.

  • @bobby.palacios
    @bobby.palacios11 ай бұрын

    Did IGN really just get the greatest promotional interview ever from Christopher Nolan?

  • @natey2290

    @natey2290

    11 ай бұрын

    nope, its IGN

  • @gevu

    @gevu

    11 ай бұрын

    Absolutely incredible interview. 7/10.

  • @somethingtojenga
    @somethingtojenga10 ай бұрын

    'Faithful' is being extremely kind to the practical Trinity detonation in this film. In the detonation scene at least it looks nothing like the test.

  • @CollectorCody73
    @CollectorCody7311 ай бұрын

    Christopher Nolan is such an amazing director, and all of his films have explosions, so this film should be his best

  • @felipeaguena5289

    @felipeaguena5289

    11 ай бұрын

    You think Michael Bay will masturbate to this movie?

  • @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536

    @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes. He can.

  • @mrcoatsworth429

    @mrcoatsworth429

    11 ай бұрын

    Sound logic.

  • @pogoil7053

    @pogoil7053

    11 ай бұрын

    Shush,,, don't let Michael Bay know, Nolan made biggest explosion ever in film

  • @jcjohnson0

    @jcjohnson0

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pogoil7053 If Michael Bay did Oppenheimer, he would cast a few supermodels as leading and supporting actresses.

  • @mikemuponda1781
    @mikemuponda178111 ай бұрын

    Cillian Murphy is casting perfecting man, what an actor! We know already know Nolan is the GOAT so enough said there

  • @patrickrodriguez8797
    @patrickrodriguez879711 ай бұрын

    Just saw this on IMAX and we may not have the 70mm films but the sound design was outstanding!

  • @Rock48100

    @Rock48100

    10 ай бұрын

    That explosion filling my entire field of vision is something I'm never going to forget.

  • @realSethMeyers
    @realSethMeyers10 ай бұрын

    The film was a masterpiece. But I'll be honest, in theater, on 70mm film, the Trinity explosion looked like black powder, magnesium flares, and lots of gasoline. Not the dazzling light and alien colors described by eyewitnesses.

  • @MMMHOTCHEEZE

    @MMMHOTCHEEZE

    7 ай бұрын

    It's a shame because there's literally footage of the actual Trinity test. There's no excuse for getting it so wrong.

  • @PSYCHOV3N0M

    @PSYCHOV3N0M

    3 ай бұрын

    Then it definitely WASN'T a masterpiece. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @MukiMuki688
    @MukiMuki68811 ай бұрын

    This and Napoleon are tied for my most anticipated movies in years

  • @user-pj2zr9bx9m

    @user-pj2zr9bx9m

    11 ай бұрын

    Don't forget "Killer of the Flower Moon"!!!

  • @hdcinemaworld5692

    @hdcinemaworld5692

    11 ай бұрын

    And Both are great and legendary and Maverick directors Legend Ridley scott And Christopher Nolan is genius

  • @flurit

    @flurit

    11 ай бұрын

    Oppenheimer, Spider Man 2, Gta 6 tailer (possibly), and More. This year is going be GREAT

  • @ProtossHyrdalisk

    @ProtossHyrdalisk

    11 ай бұрын

    @@fluritbut the year is already 2/3rds over :(

  • @millennialdoge

    @millennialdoge

    11 ай бұрын

    David Fincher's the killer and Michael Mann's Ferrari too... No doubt 2023 is hell of an year for movies with so many great directors coming with their work this year.

  • @Jack-iu7pw
    @Jack-iu7pw11 ай бұрын

    The behind the scenes that comes out in a few months will be incredible.

  • @Kostaras4444
    @Kostaras444410 ай бұрын

    The explosion of the trinity bomb in the film was a bit disappointing to me, it didn't look powerful enough, but the lead up and the sound design were really effective.

  • @user-if6qp1lw2b
    @user-if6qp1lw2b11 ай бұрын

    nolan is like micheal bay that can actually do his job

  • @cubitfilms
    @cubitfilms11 ай бұрын

    So... how did Nolan build the atomic bomb in the film? Did they use conventional explosives and enlarge it? The video went a little bit into some of the close up fx used, tho not much - but overall, this video fails to answer the question it asks.

  • @Elijah-bj4vo

    @Elijah-bj4vo

    11 ай бұрын

    He faithful recreated a miniature version of the first trinity test

  • @LewisMacdonaldMedia

    @LewisMacdonaldMedia

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Elijah-bj4vo*without the nuclear power*

  • @Corristo89

    @Corristo89

    11 ай бұрын

    @@LewisMacdonaldMedia Duh xD

  • @sordel5866

    @sordel5866

    11 ай бұрын

    Haven't seen the film but, as per this video: shone a bright light at Cillian Murphy's face. Does Nolan's genius know no limits?

  • @series1054

    @series1054

    11 ай бұрын

    A massive gasoline bomb mixed with magnesium and aluminium oxide.

  • @dot_frost
    @dot_frost11 ай бұрын

    honestly, the bomb could have been waaay better, it doesn't have a mushroom cloud like appearance so it doesn't convey that threat and fear we've been acostumed to. the actual test did have a mushroom cloud appearance btw

  • @final0222
    @final022211 ай бұрын

    Mr Nolan is one of the best directors of the last 20 years. If not the best.

  • @thatONEmachine

    @thatONEmachine

    11 ай бұрын

    Of the last 20 years? Yeah hands down. Who else is even close?

  • @Toy1er

    @Toy1er

    11 ай бұрын

    Maybe if we pretend Tenet never happened. Now that was a stinker.

  • @prajitbanerjee8226

    @prajitbanerjee8226

    11 ай бұрын

    @@thatONEmachine scorcese

  • @Kolderup2

    @Kolderup2

    11 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@thatONEmachine Paul Thomas Anderson.

  • @BobSayG
    @BobSayG11 ай бұрын

    He used “silence” in one of the scene and it’s genius.

  • @_sarcasmiss2141

    @_sarcasmiss2141

    5 ай бұрын

    Its actually not him using creative license. The silence after the explosion makes sense because light travels faster than sound.

  • @saileeredkar8061
    @saileeredkar806111 ай бұрын

    Love how Nolan is crediting every member of the team from visual artists to DOP. 👏🏻

  • @user-nd7kh6ij5y

    @user-nd7kh6ij5y

    11 ай бұрын

    For what? What did they do? The explosion was extremely weak.

  • @philspaghet

    @philspaghet

    11 ай бұрын

    @@user-nd7kh6ij5y Did you watch the movie? It's absolutely amazing

  • @vamshibhat

    @vamshibhat

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@philspaghetthere will always be a attention seeking guy with a negative mindset and nothing can be done about that just let the guy wither out by himself 😊

  • @handleonafridge6828

    @handleonafridge6828

    11 ай бұрын

    @@vamshibhat perfect way to respond. Would bet the negative person’s response will be an insult, then saying their opinion with the word “obviously” thrown in a couple times, and probably end it with “lol” as if that were to do something. Obviously won’t be that now, but usually it is (and probably would’ve been)

  • @user-nd7kh6ij5y

    @user-nd7kh6ij5y

    11 ай бұрын

    also lol and obviously

  • @OnTheRoad_Lwando
    @OnTheRoad_Lwando11 ай бұрын

    Next Oscars: Oppenheimer wins - Best Original Script, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography and Special Effects and best Sound Design.

  • @notsorandumusername

    @notsorandumusername

    11 ай бұрын

    Killers Of The Flower Moon might disagree with that

  • @knockouta3811

    @knockouta3811

    11 ай бұрын

    ryan gosling as ken is guaranteed best actor 100%

  • @abhijiththampi

    @abhijiththampi

    11 ай бұрын

    No way the tradition-minded AMPAS will award an independent director like Nolan any of the big 5 prizes.

  • @criti.calcritic.602

    @criti.calcritic.602

    11 ай бұрын

    Best adapted script actually ....its an adaptation of American prometheus

  • @jussing

    @jussing

    11 ай бұрын

    There's no special effects Oscar, only visual effects, which two of his films have won.

  • @hombreerana
    @hombreerana11 ай бұрын

    hot take: the explosion was kinda underwhelming, didnt look nuclear at all. but the rest of the movie was great

  • @Baghirov.

    @Baghirov.

    11 ай бұрын

    Its not a hot take, it was objectively underwhelming, but overall movie was amazing

  • @sam23696

    @sam23696

    11 ай бұрын

    They should've just used CGI. The trend of only using practical effects can't die fast enough.

  • @space_1073

    @space_1073

    11 ай бұрын

    It’s underwhelming if you expected the scene to be about showing a cool big nuke. It was mostly close ups and reactions because that’s what the movie is about. It’s probably the most perfect scene in the film and people didn’t like it because the bomb wasn’t what they were expecting, it’s a shame.

  • @sam23696

    @sam23696

    11 ай бұрын

    @@space_1073 You think it's odd that people were expecting a cool big nuke in a movie about the manhattan project? Alternatively they should have used that actual trinity explosion footage. If you have seen it on youtube then you know it's extremely high quality footage given the time it was recorded, and could have very easily been used in this movie. The director wanted to use practical effects, what is more practical then literally the _real_ trinity test?

  • @space_1073

    @space_1073

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sam23696 The movie isn't about just the manhatten project, it's about Oppenheimer. That's why it's called: "Oppenheimer." And that is a cool idea about the historic footage, but he wanted to do it without cg so he could stick to the 70mm film stock and never have to scan anything into a computer during any step of the process.

  • @joshmgeni8062
    @joshmgeni806211 ай бұрын

    When Nolan is speaking about the word horrific and entertainment being synonymous another word came to my mind which is spectacle.

  • @taavikoppel1769
    @taavikoppel176911 ай бұрын

    Summary: IGN does not know HOW he did it and this video does not tell us. Most misleading video title ever.

  • @zeeky5192

    @zeeky5192

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for saving my time

  • @josaphcj7199

    @josaphcj7199

    11 ай бұрын

    People who save other people's time like you are real heroes

  • @FloStudios

    @FloStudios

    11 ай бұрын

    Wish I’d seen this before wasting my time, but thanks for telling others

  • @irecordwithaphone1856

    @irecordwithaphone1856

    11 ай бұрын

    Did you actually watch the video? They explained the visual effect process pretty clearly

  • @samuelo5052

    @samuelo5052

    11 ай бұрын

    It doesn’t start until about 6 minutes in

  • @businessclank1564
    @businessclank156411 ай бұрын

    Nolan really out here time travelling to give us the best cinema experiences.

  • @piotrd.4850
    @piotrd.485011 ай бұрын

    They should have just used remastered original Trinity footage and use VFX fro crew shots only.

  • @frankiefisher6110
    @frankiefisher611011 ай бұрын

    It's OK everyone...his movie explosion is only quarter-scale to the actually atomic bomb.👍

  • @MrRobeStern64
    @MrRobeStern6411 ай бұрын

    Nah the people who are gonna critique this is gonna be real Bombers 😂😂😂

  • @aarongifford69
    @aarongifford6910 ай бұрын

    didnt even look like a nuke ngl looked like normal gasoline and that

  • @johnstonis7977
    @johnstonis797711 ай бұрын

    Love how in the background noise of the interview there is a ticking clock.

  • @adityakhaprelap
    @adityakhaprelap11 ай бұрын

    The actual explosion is mid, but the emotion around it is 10/10

  • @Shadow-gm9ct

    @Shadow-gm9ct

    10 ай бұрын

    We just gotta get Nolan’s take on Tsar Bomba

  • @milansvancara

    @milansvancara

    4 ай бұрын

    not even mid... it's like my third climax in a row after a lot of alcohol

  • @anasshahid224
    @anasshahid22411 ай бұрын

    So excited to watch Oppenheimer, Nolan always makes the best movies 👏👏👏👏🫡

  • @BibleAlivePresentations
    @BibleAlivePresentations11 ай бұрын

    David Lynch. TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN. Part Eight. It would have been nice if this kind of praise when Lynch's way.

  • @johnwatson3948
    @johnwatson394811 ай бұрын

    0:35 - As for “faithful recreation” why did Nolan switch to showing men inserting the tamper plug by hand and not like it was really done with a chain hoist? In any case, the tamper plug weighed over a hundred pounds and would be impossible to insert by hand as shown. Movie also does the same with the explosive blocks which were almost the weight of concrete.

  • @riptide_w
    @riptide_w11 ай бұрын

    5:37 how nolan "built" an atomic bomb

  • @worthyCap17
    @worthyCap1711 ай бұрын

    The box office of this movie will not be able to keep the extreme hype it has created. With an obvious reason.

  • @apollofell3925

    @apollofell3925

    11 ай бұрын

    What?

  • @Sigma_Learn
    @Sigma_Learn9 ай бұрын

    Bro googled Atomic bomb and just checked the shopping section

  • @gansior4744
    @gansior474411 ай бұрын

    He is and will be my favorite directors. He creates masterpiece after masterpiece. Every of his movies is worth watching

  • @ruipedroleite

    @ruipedroleite

    11 ай бұрын

    90% true imo. Tenet was a piece of sh*t, love the rest of his work tho.

  • @thatONEmachine

    @thatONEmachine

    11 ай бұрын

    minus the s

  • @skywalk78none94

    @skywalk78none94

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ruipedroleitefucking hated tenet

  • @Denkin_Donuts
    @Denkin_Donuts11 ай бұрын

    In interstellar, he actually made a real black hole and filmed it from up close. Dude is an actual genius.

  • @lucianoluggren

    @lucianoluggren

    7 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @muratakcan1299
    @muratakcan129911 ай бұрын

    Why is youtube flooded with oppenheimer today ?

  • @mrsentencename7334

    @mrsentencename7334

    11 ай бұрын

    Because it’s very anticipated

  • @Skateandcreate9

    @Skateandcreate9

    11 ай бұрын

    Maybe because it comes out in 3 days and looks like a banger

  • @Skateandcreate9

    @Skateandcreate9

    11 ай бұрын

    Pun intended

  • @fernandodossantos6619
    @fernandodossantos661911 ай бұрын

    He really should've mixed the practical effects with some CGI. While all the other practical effects were great, the atomic bomb did not look like an atomic explosion. It just looked like a large conventional explosion. You cannot faithfully reproduce an atomic explosion with practical effects. CGI must be used to make up for the insane temperatures and pressures.

  • @2cerlinda2

    @2cerlinda2

    11 ай бұрын

    But it won't feel "dangerous" anymore

  • @zatharigo7815

    @zatharigo7815

    11 ай бұрын

    @@2cerlinda2 why not? :D

  • @apurbanaskar2240

    @apurbanaskar2240

    11 ай бұрын

    Terminator 2, Indiana Jones 4, Watchmen and even Godzilla king of the monsters showed CGI nuke explosion

  • @space_1073

    @space_1073

    11 ай бұрын

    It’s underwhelming if you expected the scene to be about showing a cool big nuke. It was mostly close ups and reactions because that’s what the movie is about. It’s probably the most perfect scene in the film and people didn’t like it because the bomb wasn’t what they were expecting, it’s a shame.

  • @MrTomyCJ

    @MrTomyCJ

    11 ай бұрын

    @@space_1073 "Was my scene bad? No. it's the audience who is wrong!". If anything, there is some fault in creating the wrong expectations.

  • @Nighthawke70
    @Nighthawke7011 ай бұрын

    For the record, THERE WAS NO BIG RED FIRING BUTTON! Everything was clock-driven, with a set of safety switches. If anything went south, the countdown was stopped cold. And during testing, there usually were stoppages due to one fault or another. During the TRINITY countdown, the wiring picked up radio waves from a local broadcast station. That morning, they picked up classical music. That aside, the device contained two sets of explosive "lenses". One set, the slow lens, was closer of the two, designed to fire the harder-to start PU-240. The faster set of blocks was designed to fire the -238 and -239, the former that was prone to pre-ignition.

  • @vrygon8893

    @vrygon8893

    11 ай бұрын

    yeah the famous "big red button" is mostly for theatrical purposes

  • @quistador7

    @quistador7

    11 ай бұрын

    They actually did have a button they made a guy hold. Except it wasn't to make the bomb go off, it was to terminate the test if anything went wrong before the bomb went off. They didn't have much plutonium so they couldn't waste the test with cameras not working and whatnot

  • @Nighthawke70

    @Nighthawke70

    11 ай бұрын

    @@quistador7 Dead Man's Switch. Makes sense now.

  • @knwr

    @knwr

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Nighthawke70 In this movie, that is a dead man's switch, same as what really happened. They just followed it up with Groves' question about "hitting a button" in the trailer for effect.

  • @ConnorwithanO

    @ConnorwithanO

    11 ай бұрын

    @@quistador7 That's the button Josh Peck was holding his hand over.

  • @makatron
    @makatron11 ай бұрын

    Watched Oppenheimer tonight, the film is nothing short of amazing. This will be nominated in every category and I'd say Cillian Murphy already won best actor 2024 for his Portrait as J Robert Oppenheimer.

  • @joshuam.6027
    @joshuam.602711 ай бұрын

    3:50 seems like we got a small glimpse of the practical explosion

  • @SakaarNayak
    @SakaarNayak11 ай бұрын

    Would love to see Nolan direct another World War movie depicting the actual horrors of war.

  • @SwordStone55

    @SwordStone55

    11 ай бұрын

    Dunkirk

  • @twilium1284

    @twilium1284

    11 ай бұрын

    Why? There are SO many out there doing that. Most recently, watch 1917 and All Quiet on the Western Front.

  • @naazahs9045

    @naazahs9045

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@twilium1284All quiet on the Western front was sh!te. 1917 was better.

  • @shubhamer2000

    @shubhamer2000

    11 ай бұрын

    Nope movie shud be made on THE GR8 DEPRESSION of 30s

  • @mycroft16

    @mycroft16

    11 ай бұрын

    Dunkirk, 1917, Saving Private Ryan, and about 6,542 others.

  • @buckhorncortez
    @buckhorncortez11 ай бұрын

    The Nixie tube countdown clock is not period correct. Nixie tubes were patented in the early 1950s and did not become readily available until 1955.

  • @MrAwesomebassplayer
    @MrAwesomebassplayer11 ай бұрын

    NO NOLAN! DON'T DO IT!

  • @fasteddie4145
    @fasteddie414511 ай бұрын

    the "rope tricks" were a very nice touch.....someone did their home work on tower detonated nukes.....in all fairness they were never observed until the Rapatronic camera came into use about 7 years after Trinity.....

  • @janantoni3
    @janantoni311 ай бұрын

    Watched the film in Imax. Love that final test

  • @sam23696
    @sam2369611 ай бұрын

    Honestly they should have just used CGI. They avoided it just so they could get the headline "oppenheimer used practical effects for the nuclear bomb", and that feels cheap. It also was a pretty big let down in the theatre as well when what should've been a massive on screen explosion was just some close up fire effects. The most underwhelming explosion even shown in cinemas. The one in batman was better

  • @plusplusplusplusp
    @plusplusplusplusp11 ай бұрын

    Christopher Nolan is a genius and Oppenheimer is already one of my favourite movies. They absolutely nailed the Trinity test scene. Do yourself a favour and see it.

  • @DeShark88

    @DeShark88

    11 ай бұрын

    The scene was brilliant. The explosion was not. It did a sincere disservice to the true magnitude of what these "new" weapons are capable of.

  • @plusplusplusplusp

    @plusplusplusplusp

    11 ай бұрын

    @@DeShark88 How do you think it could have been done better in movie form?

  • @santymonty967

    @santymonty967

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pluspluspluspluspby actually having an ear shattering explosion, the whole nuke scene was the most underwhelming thing of the 2020’s

  • @DeShark88

    @DeShark88

    11 ай бұрын

    @@plusplusplusplusp make it look like the actual test footage. If that needs CGI to work, then do it. Whatever it takes to portray to the general public how utterly terrifying these devices are, that's what you are compelled to do. Failing to do it accurately for the sake of artistic purity is exactly what will lead to the total annihilation of humankind.

  • @TheProtagonist555
    @TheProtagonist55511 ай бұрын

    Christopher Nolan doesn't make just films.. He's building dreams and motivating minds through cinema.. He uses cinema very well.. He's an alien 👽..

  • @HokkaidoSan

    @HokkaidoSan

    11 ай бұрын

    Ehhh, tbh his last movie Dunkirk wasn't that great...This too seems like it's going to be similar. It's going to be very boring.

  • @60zar

    @60zar

    11 ай бұрын

    @@HokkaidoSan It's a biography, it is supposed to be boring.

  • @SQUDSNPR

    @SQUDSNPR

    11 ай бұрын

    @@HokkaidoSanfirst of all; dunkirk was not his last movie, second, it was great you’re just slow

  • @mysteriousstars122
    @mysteriousstars12211 ай бұрын

    This scene is so coolllll

  • @sexygogetter
    @sexygogetter11 ай бұрын

    1995 documentary “Trinity and Beyond: the atomic bomb movie” & 2015 “The Bomb” are a must see to really learn more than just the movie will tell us.

  • @Styreta
    @Styreta11 ай бұрын

    and it looked nothing like a nuke. Was thoroughly underwhelmed at this in Cinema. The bomb sequences was way overhyped. Honestly wished he'd spiced it up with CGI.

  • @subtleprelude2400

    @subtleprelude2400

    11 ай бұрын

    That’s a disrespect to imax filmaking!

  • @ChucksSEADnDEAD

    @ChucksSEADnDEAD

    10 ай бұрын

    It looked like a nuke. They're pretty underwhelming between the flash and the mushroom forming. You're just used to the massive megaton footage but smaller kiloton range nukes just look like normal chemical explosions.

  • @_unqfficial_jim4844
    @_unqfficial_jim484411 ай бұрын

    Ever feel useless? Just remember that Christopher Nolan has got an VFX supervisor.

  • @hodge105
    @hodge10511 ай бұрын

    Did you ask him if he has seen the prestige?

  • @RahYoRaijin
    @RahYoRaijin11 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait!

  • @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536

    @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes. You can. Seated is better.

  • @smith952
    @smith95211 ай бұрын

    Why on gods earth has Harry Enfield not done an impression of Chris Nolan? COME ON MAN!

  • @finchi55
    @finchi5511 ай бұрын

    Thats crazy that *They used a time machine and brought a camera back in time!*

  • @sailingsam3815
    @sailingsam381522 күн бұрын

    It was a privilege to watch it in a 12 story tall Imax theater with a soldout crowd at 11 am in the morning .

  • @coolzone71
    @coolzone7111 ай бұрын

    The bomb going of was kinda over hyped and under delivered, they should have literally blown us a away for atleast 10 seconds instead was just a lil hard gust of wind.

  • @ChaosMarine9118
    @ChaosMarine911811 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Christopher Nolan filmed Tenet after it was released.

  • @NewMexico1912
    @NewMexico191211 ай бұрын

    The trinity site isn’t in Los Alamos. The trinity site is about 130 miles south of Los Alamos in the white sands missile range

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine11 ай бұрын

    This was the most significant geological event in history, this event and subsequent detonations spread totally uniqye isotopes all over the planet so now all layers of sediment and remains of living creatures can be separated into "pre-bomb" and "post-bomb".

  • @QuandaleDingle-ps9pe
    @QuandaleDingle-ps9pe11 ай бұрын

    love that josh peck is casted in the movie

  • @SoundsphereRo
    @SoundsphereRo11 ай бұрын

    David Lynch was very creative as well with this topic in the latest instalment of Twin Peaks series, yuppp

  • @user-ye7hy7zk7o
    @user-ye7hy7zk7o11 ай бұрын

    this is really great

  • @fornana
    @fornana11 ай бұрын

    Just realized he's wearing the Hamilton Murph watch, AKA the watch from interstellar. That's really cool he's rocking it.

  • @madmanlabs6240
    @madmanlabs624011 ай бұрын

    What lot of people had no idea about is that scientists were taking under considiration scenario where they could set earth atmosphere on fire. Given enough energy that's a possibility. But after doing some math they realized that they would need to deliver much, much more energy to do something like that.

  • @phdnk

    @phdnk

    11 ай бұрын

    The reasoning is not about the ignitor's heat injection required but about the ability of the air to continue burning once ignited. It turns out, that the air is to rarefied and to transparent to keep burning.

  • @marvelfoxmorty5057
    @marvelfoxmorty505711 ай бұрын

    Nolan made this movie in a way audiences can understand how atomic bomb work specifically.... This movie should be at the best picture nomination at the Academy next year

  • @SmallSpoonBrigade

    @SmallSpoonBrigade

    11 ай бұрын

    Nuclear bombs of that era aren't terribly complicated, the issues with it are getting the necessary parts and machining them to a high enough tolerance without killing yourself with radiation poisoning or having it go off unexpectedly. But, the basic principles are ones that a grade schooler could understand.

  • @notsorandumusername

    @notsorandumusername

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SmallSpoonBrigade the people working at Los Alamos and the Manhatten Project were anything but grade schoolers and it still took them years. Don't believe that watching some History Channel documentary about atom bombs makes you an 'expert' and that they 'aren't terribly complicated'. The Soviets stole the literal blue prints and it took them years to replicate the bomb still. You really have no idea what you're talking about.

  • @erwinsmith5796

    @erwinsmith5796

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@SmallSpoonBrigadethen tell us how to make a nuclear bomb ?

  • @lacasadelvideojuego3880

    @lacasadelvideojuego3880

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SmallSpoonBrigadelol at that time no… if that was the case Germans and Soviets or everyone would have built it first.

  • @thephoenix4093

    @thephoenix4093

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SmallSpoonBrigade it is, otherwise he would not be the only one to know how to make it. even we only got this knowledge from him.

  • @Naughty-jq2gg
    @Naughty-jq2gg11 ай бұрын

    Thank you🙏💕

  • @Alikerry
    @Alikerry11 ай бұрын

    this movie was incredible

  • @EmazingGuitar
    @EmazingGuitar11 ай бұрын

    The magnesium sparks part doesn’t make sense in a nuclear bomb.

  • @notsorandumusername

    @notsorandumusername

    11 ай бұрын

    They used it for the cinematic effect it causes.

  • @alejandroflores8979
    @alejandroflores897911 ай бұрын

    They aren’t talking about an actual bomb, they are talking about the making of the movie

  • @senshai1267
    @senshai126711 ай бұрын

    This movie could rub the security agency the wrong way , if the academy had any shame they would nominate this movie and it will win

  • @sa34w

    @sa34w

    11 ай бұрын

    If any other movie wins no one would care about academy

  • @soumyasinha2783

    @soumyasinha2783

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sa34w well the academy was kind of dead even though it got restored by Will Smith

  • @automan1223
    @automan122311 ай бұрын

    Favorite documentary is Trinity & Beyond.

  • @andres1994mac
    @andres1994mac11 ай бұрын

    He is using the Hamilton murph watch from interstellar! Amazing !!

  • @forsaken841
    @forsaken84111 ай бұрын

    Oooh, Chris Nolan needs to make a horror movie someday

  • @alexwr

    @alexwr

    11 ай бұрын

    Imagine a Nolan Cosmic Horror film, it would be intense!

  • @TimeEchos

    @TimeEchos

    11 ай бұрын

    This is it.

  • @jordan1862
    @jordan186211 ай бұрын

    How Nolan built the bomb and learned to stop worrying about the effects

  • @pratikraut6354
    @pratikraut635411 ай бұрын

    Hope Nolan is not planning to make a end of the world movie with Asteroids, coz if he is, that will be the last movie ever to be made by this civilization......

  • @Jefnam
    @Jefnam11 ай бұрын

    This title is perfect.

  • @thedorito5434
    @thedorito543411 ай бұрын

    Meanwhile most people can't tell the difference between CGI and real life shots...

  • @michelhv
    @michelhv11 ай бұрын

    Who else came here expecting Nolan would inadvertently admit he blew a real one for the camera?

  • @AMac-qd6ft
    @AMac-qd6ft10 ай бұрын

    Though not stated anywhere, I'm convinced the Trinity test of Twin Peaks s3e8 also had a huge impact on the visuals as well.

  • @alexanderdesouza1609
    @alexanderdesouza160911 ай бұрын

    The question is how Nolan hasn’t aged unlike everyone else 😳

  • @megaben99
    @megaben9911 ай бұрын

    When can we expect to see a review of this movie?

  • @zaidlacksalastname4905
    @zaidlacksalastname49059 ай бұрын

    "its difficult to make CG look threatening" Guess that's why the orcs in the hobbit dont have the same effect.

  • @clikzip
    @clikzip11 ай бұрын

    4:48 How IN TF did they shoot framerates higher than our current understanding in 1945? Im genuinely curious how that is possible. Does the government have superior video tech or is it just not financially possible to film movies at these rates?

  • @dreamsofgrandeur

    @dreamsofgrandeur

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm going to assume (take this with a decent helping of salt!) that Nolan was referring specifically to film cameras. Obviously we have slo-mo digital cameras way beyond anything they had in the 40s. Film cameras just aren't built or used anymore, so maybe there aren't any like those left.

  • @Extex_

    @Extex_

    11 ай бұрын

    The problem with high framerates in film is that it removes the motion blur which can make it look unnatural

  • @MrTomyCJ

    @MrTomyCJ

    11 ай бұрын

    Even in 1945 there were techniques to film in ultra slow motion (extremely high framerates). It's just that they were bulky and not practical for most purposes. One technique, for instance, is to have a lot of cameras each one taking a frame very slightly after the other. We still use analogous techniques nowadays, that's how we can ever hope to film things like a beam of light travelling through a bottle (google it!)

  • @qanh96
    @qanh9611 ай бұрын

    Michael Bay: Write that down! *WRITE THAT DOWN!*

  • @ezpzgz
    @ezpzgz7 ай бұрын

    *CGI exist* Nolan : "You approaching me!? Instead walking away, you're approaching me!?"

  • @hectorgarciarochera1053
    @hectorgarciarochera105311 ай бұрын

    Imagine Nolan doing a 9/11 movie

  • @mediacopycatkillers
    @mediacopycatkillers11 ай бұрын

    What's in the flask? He has it in other interviews...it appears to be the source of his power.

  • @euvc1184
    @euvc118411 ай бұрын

    In next video about Nolan´s new movie. Nolan destroys the world to show what a destroyed world would look like on film

  • @TheKarachiwanderer
    @TheKarachiwanderer11 ай бұрын

    will be watching it without IMAX... its still worth it

  • @GRR1MN1R
    @GRR1MN1R11 ай бұрын

    If Nolan and Tom Cruise made a movie together , the would be the maximum peak level that world cinema can ever reach

  • @aarongabrielcornejo
    @aarongabrielcornejo11 ай бұрын

    What a brilliant mind

  • @benjaminodelcamino6689
    @benjaminodelcamino668910 ай бұрын

    Give this man an oscar

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