Oppenheimer’s Real Nuclear Explosion

Christopher Nolan says he recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without using CGI for #Oppenheimer (via @totalfilm)

A black-and-white scene shows J. Robert Oppenheimer walking through a hallway while photographers surround him. The joke is that Christopher Nolan recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without CGI, but the image humorously shows Oppenheimer dramatically entering a room instead of an explosion. It is used as a reaction to exaggerated claims about practical effects or Nolan’s filmmaking style.

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