I was surprised to see that there isn’t another thread about the film, considering it is so firmly ‘Golden Age’ in its setting.
I think this is Nolan’s best work from a filmmaking perspective, and the costuming is standout, from tailoring to outerwear to, of course, Oppenheimer’s iconic hat.
I really don’t want to say much about the film because this needs to be experienced–what’s more, if you see it on a film print, whether that is 15/70mm IMAX, 5/70mm, or 35mm, it is an entirely analogue production! No digital intermediate or computer tricks. This also means the full quality of the format is preserved–well beyond any digital format is capable of.
The chances of finding such an experience are vanishingly small today, so I urge you to try to find a film screening of it if you can. Keeping film (as well as the workshops that make film prints, the suppliers that repair and build parts for film projectors, the trained projectionists who can display them) alive is critical.
On this forum we speak often about jeans made on vintage looms, 1930s button hole machines, and so on. Those survived because a critical mass of people kept them going. We need to make sure film and its infrastructure survives. Seeing this on a film format shows that there are people who care.
I travelled four hours to watch it on 15/70mm, which only 30 cinemas around the world are now capable of screening, but I was able to find a standard 5/70mm screening near home and went to that for my second viewing.
There is a full list of locations around the world that are screening it on film at this link.
I think this is Nolan’s best work from a filmmaking perspective, and the costuming is standout, from tailoring to outerwear to, of course, Oppenheimer’s iconic hat.
I really don’t want to say much about the film because this needs to be experienced–what’s more, if you see it on a film print, whether that is 15/70mm IMAX, 5/70mm, or 35mm, it is an entirely analogue production! No digital intermediate or computer tricks. This also means the full quality of the format is preserved–well beyond any digital format is capable of.
The chances of finding such an experience are vanishingly small today, so I urge you to try to find a film screening of it if you can. Keeping film (as well as the workshops that make film prints, the suppliers that repair and build parts for film projectors, the trained projectionists who can display them) alive is critical.
On this forum we speak often about jeans made on vintage looms, 1930s button hole machines, and so on. Those survived because a critical mass of people kept them going. We need to make sure film and its infrastructure survives. Seeing this on a film format shows that there are people who care.
I travelled four hours to watch it on 15/70mm, which only 30 cinemas around the world are now capable of screening, but I was able to find a standard 5/70mm screening near home and went to that for my second viewing.
There is a full list of locations around the world that are screening it on film at this link.