Quoting: CoopsTroops
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HOLY FREAKING SMOKES!! Thanks so much-I hadn't seen this (since I hate 99% of movies made today, I basically only watch Nolan). A couple of quick thoughts:
1) This is extremely interesting, since Oppenheimer was literally mentioned BY NAME in Tenet--Priya mentions him to The Protagonist in her second-to-last appearance in the film (right before he inverts back for the climax), explaining how Oppenheimer knew with the Manhattan Project that there was a risk entailed (with testing the atom bomb) of setting off a chain chemical reaction that could cause catastrophic damage to the world at large (not just the surrounding country) but went forward with the testing anyways. To me, this clearly shows that Nolan already had the idea for this film in his mind, but kept it hidden from everybody (Nolan is THE MASTER not of just cinema, but secrecy).
2) I just Googled it-this film is being distributed by Universal. And so officially ends the almost-20-year-run between Nolan and Warner Bros., which fell apart after WB made the decision (which I hate) to put all of their films on HBO Max as they (the films) would simultaneously be released in theaters-which obviously means a lot less revenue for the theaters. Nolan, who is already a proponent of the preservation of film stock and theaters (he hates streaming services), was uncharacteristically furious and asked WB to make exceptions for his films, which they refused to do. Universal then won the bidding war for Nolan after agreeing to all of his conditions (the same as Sony Pictures did for Tarantino for "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood").
3) Worthy of note-Nolan is sticking with Lame and Goransson for this one, and isn't going back to Lee Smith and Zimmer, his previous regulars before Tenet. I'm fine with this-Lame's editing was freaking brilliant in Tenet (but of course she didn't win anything because the awards shows for movies are woke-fests and complete jokes), and Goransson's score was electricifying (ditto).
4) Cillian Murphy is one of the best and most underrated actors alive today. I actually just saw him in A Quiet Place Part II (off-topic note: I LOVED A Quiet Place, one of the most pleasant surprises I have ever had the pleasure to watch, as I usually hate horror films, watched it after being recommended it, it was excellent, when I heard they were making a sequel I groaned out loud, sequels usually stink but because cinema is dead and all they care about is money, of course they were going to make one-but I was wrong again, it was just as good as the first and Millicent Simmonds and Murphy were riveting). Thrilled that he's going to be in another Nolan film.
5) So what is this film going to be about, exactly? Nolan already has done one non-fiction work with Dunkirk (an absolute masterpiece, as most Nolan films are
), but it was a lot easier to see what the plot was going to be with that than here, as this sounds more biographical. Knowing Nolan, there's no chance of finding out at least until the trailer is released, and probably not until the actual film.
Again, thanks so much. This is awesome.