Oppenheimer: How Christopher Nolan Built an Atomic Bomb

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]

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

[@gambello1195]

what a madman

[@Riptide__]

😂

[@elmalloc]

@@gambello1195 in a bad way

[@Superfantastictop10]

That's no way to talk about Matt Damon.

[@R0a1]

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]

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

[@Felnir]

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]

all except tenet. kinda reached too far on that one

[@santymonty967]

Tenet was super important to you ? Lol

[@elmalloc]

@@santymonty967 it was!

[@bearpoop720]

Even tenet?

[@illuminous7937]

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]

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

[@Blisterdude123]

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

[@eeshangupta6007]

took 57 days to shoot

[@diollinebranderson6553]

​@@didget7835cough *taika waititi* cough

[@space_1073]

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

[@EhBah160]

“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]

They didn't lunch nuke lol

[@FanEAW]

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

[@Holborovv]

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

[@mycroft16]

@@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]

We have the berut explotion for that

[@JPMongeS]

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]

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]

cool story.

[@djimenez371ify]

@@dd61125 just say youre too dumb to care

[@taharauf7775]

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]

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

[@johnforde7735]

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.

[@bobby.palacios]

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

[@natey2290]

nope, its IGN

[@gevu]

Absolutely incredible interview. 7/10.

[@somethingtojenga]

'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]

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

[@felipeaguena5289]

You think Michael Bay will masturbate to this movie?

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Yes. He can.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Sound logic.

[@pogoil7053]

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

[@jcjohnson0]

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

[@metal6948]

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]

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]

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

[@jack8831]

@@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]

@@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]

​@@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.

[@mikemuponda1781]

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

[@realSethMeyers]

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]

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

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

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

[@patrickrodriguez8797]

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

[@Rock48100]

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

[@Kostaras4444]

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.

[@MukiMuki688]

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

[@user-pj2zr9bx9m]

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

[@hdcinemaworld5692]

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

[@flurit]

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

[@ProtossHyrdalisk]

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

[@millennialdoge]

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]

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

[@hombreerana]

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

[@Baghirov.]

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

[@sam23696]

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

[@space_1073]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@OnTheRoad_Lwando]

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

[@notsorandumusername]

Killers Of The Flower Moon might disagree with that

[@knockouta3811]

ryan gosling as ken is guaranteed best actor 100%

[@abhijiththampi]

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

[@criti.calcritic.602]

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

[@jussing]

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

[@user-if6qp1lw2b]

nolan is like micheal bay that can actually do his job

[@dot_frost]

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

[@adityakhaprelap]

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

[@Shadow-gm9ct]

We just gotta get Nolan’s take on Tsar Bomba

[@milansvancara]

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

[@saileeredkar8061]

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

[@user-nd7kh6ij5y]

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

[@philspaghet]

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

[@vamshibhat]

​@@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]

@@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]

also lol and obviously

[@final0222]

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

[@thatONEmachine]

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

[@Toy1er]

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

[@prajitbanerjee8226]

@@thatONEmachine scorcese

[@Kolderup2]

⁠@@thatONEmachine Paul Thomas Anderson.

[@taavikoppel1769]

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

[@zeeky5192]

Thanks for saving my time

[@josaphcj7199]

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

[@FloStudios]

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

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

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

[@samuelo5052]

It doesn’t start until about 6 minutes in

[@businessclank1564]

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

[@sam23696]

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

[@Denkin_Donuts]

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

[@lucianoluggren]

🤣

[@joshmgeni8062]

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

[@piotrd.4850]

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

[@BobSayG]

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

[@_sarcasmiss2141]

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

[@cubitfilms]

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]

He faithful recreated a miniature version of the first trinity test

[@LewisMacdonaldMedia]

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

[@Corristo89]

@@LewisMacdonaldMedia Duh xD

[@sordel5866]

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]

A massive gasoline bomb mixed with magnesium and aluminium oxide.

[@MrRobeStern64]

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

[@anasshahid224]

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

[@fernandodossantos6619]

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]

But it won't feel "dangerous" anymore

[@zatharigo7815]

@@2cerlinda2 why not? :D

[@apurbanaskar2240]

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

[@space_1073]

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]

@@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.

[@worthyCap17]

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

[@apollofell3925]

What?

[@plusplusplusplusp]

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]

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]

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

[@santymonty967]

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

[@DeShark88]

@@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.

[@frankiefisher6110]

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

[@SakaarNayak]

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

[@SwordStone55]

Dunkirk

[@twilium1284]

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

[@naazahs9045]

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

[@shubhamer2000]

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

[@mycroft16]

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

[@Nighthawke70]

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]

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

[@quistador7]

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]

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

[@knwr]

@@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]

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

[@johnstonis7977]

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

[@MrAwesomebassplayer]

NO NOLAN! DON'T DO IT!

[@BibleAlivePresentations]

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

[@gansior4744]

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

[@ruipedroleite]

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

[@thatONEmachine]

minus the s

[@skywalk78none94]

@@ruipedroleitefucking hated tenet

[@sexygogetter]

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.

[@riptide_w]

5:37 how nolan "built" an atomic bomb

[@TheProtagonist555]

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]

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]

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

[@SQUDSNPR]

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

[@johnwatson3948]

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.

[@makatron]

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.

[@marvelfoxmorty5057]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@lacasadelvideojuego3880]

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

[@thephoenix4093]

@@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.

[@Styreta]

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]

That’s a disrespect to imax filmaking!

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

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.

[@Sigma_Learn]

Bro googled Atomic bomb and just checked the shopping section

[@aarongifford69]

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

[@muratakcan1299]

Why is youtube flooded with oppenheimer today ?

[@mrsentencename7334]

Because it’s very anticipated

[@Skateandcreate9]

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

[@Skateandcreate9]

Pun intended

[@janantoni3]

Watched the film in Imax. Love that final test

[@finchi55]

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

[@joshuam.6027]

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

[@fasteddie4145]

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.....

[@_unqfficial_jim4844]

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

[@buckhorncortez]

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.

[@smith952]

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

[@AMac-qd6ft]

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

[@SoundsphereRo]

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

[@megaben99]

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

[@hodge105]

Did you ask him if he has seen the prestige?

[@coolzone71]

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.

[@mysteriousstars122]

This scene is so coolllll

[@sailingsam3815]

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

[@fornana]

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

[@andres1994mac]

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

[@QuandaleDingle-ps9pe]

love that josh peck is casted in the movie

[@hitheshd6865]

Does anyone have the link to this Nolan interview

[@Alikerry]

this movie was incredible

[@RahYoRaijin]

Can’t wait!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Yes. You can. Seated is better.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Nolan is up there with Cameron in how he is able to use VFX just absolutely masterfully.

[@automan1223]

Favorite documentary is Trinity & Beyond.

[@Jefnam]

This title is perfect.

[@ChaosMarine9118]

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

[@Treblaine]

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".

[@mingyuhuang8944]

Nolan never misses. One of the greatest film makers of all time

[@NewMexico1912]

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

[@GRR1MN1R]

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

[@alexanderdesouza1609]

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

[@madmanlabs6240]

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]

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.

[@TheKarachiwanderer]

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

[@ritchierich2793]

Lmfao, they addressing the nolan memes..😂😂 iCANT!

[@pratikraut6354]

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......

[@senshai1267]

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]

If any other movie wins no one would care about academy

[@soumyasinha2783]

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

[@thedorito5434]

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

[@user-ye7hy7zk7o]

this is really great

[@michelhv]

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

[@alejandroflores8979]

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

[@bharath2508]

The best director of Hollywood. Nolan

[@jordan1862]

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

[@Naughty-jq2gg]

Thank you🙏💕

[@PandaooM.popeye]

2023 Oscar best picture,best director,best Actor,best Editor,best BGM = oppenheimer

[@L4V071]

My total admiration for this man.

[@remotevirus]

no 4k? :(

[@forsaken841]

Oooh, Chris Nolan needs to make a horror movie someday

[@alexwr]

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

[@TimeEchos]

This is it.

[@Starstreak170]

The explosion was such a let down. He should have used CGI to enhance it.

[@milansvancara]

yup, people are so delusional about this lul... admiring mediocrity because the concept ''sounds cool'' :D

[@ezpzgz]

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