'Nolan sharply captures the unparalleled genius of Oppenheimer. Interweaving vignettes from Oppenheimer’s rise to stardom and his subsequent fall from grace, the film deftly conveys the scientist’s multifaceted life.' -Harry1T6
“Can you hear the music?” asks physicist Niels Bohr to a young J. Robert Oppenheimer in an early scene from Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Oppenheimer. And indeed, he could. Just as Mozart was known to compose symphonies as if receiving diction direct from God, Oppenheimer would suffuse his chalkboards with dense equations and hypotheses; his mind would animate the static symbols, giving life to theoretical musings.
Cillian Murphy, brilliantly donning the role of Oppenheimer, portrays the ambitious scientist with an undeniable fervor for knowledge. A theoretical physicist, he devoured knowledge of all kinds: He taught himself Dutch in six weeks to deliver a lecture in the Netherlands. He studied Nietzsche, delved into Eastern philosophy, and learned to read Sanskrit. In his early years, even indulged in Marxist fantasies.
These are the issues pervading Oppenheimer’s interspersed"fusion" chapters. Despite his resolute condemnation of the Nazis, heightened by the horror of the Holocaust, Oppenheimer remained morally ambiguous toward the Soviets and the atrocities committed behind the Iron Curtain, repeatedly referring to them as allies. Through fragmented segments of his trial, Oppenheimer’s bedeviled flirtations with communists are measured and levied against him.
Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of Lewis Strauss, chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, serves as a welcome reminder of his range and capability as an actor after his decadelong portrayal of Iron Man. His performance, likely to earn a nod for best supporting actor, leaves a significant impact on the film's narrative.
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