For years now, filmmaker Christopher Nolan has become famous for his strict rule of doing everything he can practically wherever possible – to the point of minimal use of CG.
That approach has changed not just the look of his films but also the feel – the slightly more fantastical worlds of his 2000s work like “The Prestige” and “Batman Begins” are long gone, replaced by more real world settings in the likes of “Dunkirk” and “Tenet”.
That approach may have reached its apex with the upcoming “Oppenheimer” as Nolan, speaking with Collider about his new film’s focus on practicality, says that the work “contains ‘zero’ CG shots”.
It was previously reported Nolan and the production team recreated the Trinity test, the first-ever test explosion of the nuclear bomb in New Mexico in 1945, entirely without CGI. That the rest of the film seemingly contains none (or next to none) seems almost startling, but that would partly explain the film’s relatively tight $100 million budget.
Meanwhile, “Uncut Gems” director Benny Safdie has seen the film and calls “Oppenheimer” the best movie of Christopher Nolan’s career. In an Instagram post, he says: “I got to see the movie recently, and I can tell you with certainty: This is Chris’ best movie by far. It’s got everything firing on all cylinders.”
“Oppenheimer” is set to open in cinemas everywhere on July 21st.
