‘Oppenheimer’, Christopher Nolan does not follow the trend and recreates the explosion of the atomic bomb without CGI

The middle of 2023 will be very interesting for the film industry, because some of the most anticipated titles by the public will reach the big screen, one of them was directed by the award-winning director Christopher Nolan, of course we are talking about the film ‘Oppenheimer’, a film in which this director refused to use CGI in one of the most important and difficult shots.

‘Oppenheimer’ is very close to reaching theaters around the world, for this reason, Christopher Nolan He’s in promotion by doing some interviews, and one of them was done by Empire magazine, a talk in which the director revealed why he decided to use practical effects before making a computer-generated image for the aforementioned scene.

It is important to note that this film will focus on physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who was in charge of the project that developed the atomic bomb for the United States in World War IIFor this reason, this film shows several real-life characters in their race to achieve the creation of this weapon, which was detonated in 1945, thus ending Japan’s participation in the aforementioned war.

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It is for this reason that ‘oppenheimer’ shows a scene of the detonation of the atomic bomband with the trend that currently exists in the film industry, anyone would think that the best option is to generate the explosion through CGI, however, as the director reveals in the interview, he prefers to make a real controlled explosion to create this effect on camera.

There’s something very unique about being in a desert in the middle of the night with a big cast, and really making huge explosions and capturing them,” comments Nolan.

Christopher Nolan is convinced that recording special effects instead of creating them on the computeroffers the audience a more immersive experience, which is why the director chooses to build sets and use physical elements instead of relying on CGI, which has undoubtedly become a trend in recent times.

When does ‘Oppenheimer’ come out?

THE Comment Christopher Nolan I’m a great example of why’oppenheimer’ is one of the most interesting films that is currently approaching theaters, a film which, as we have pointed out, will also feature a very interesting true story and an exceptional cast with stars such as Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Matt Damon , Emily Blunt, Rami Malek and Josh Peck.

The good news for movie fans is that this film is very close to hitting theaters worldwide as this title has been confirmed to release next month, so don’t forget to schedule that ‘Oppenheimer’ will debut on world big screen on July 21, 2023.