“All the films I’ve made, one way or another, are film noirs,” Nolan proposes. Great film actors can do that, and that’s what I had with Cillian.”Also making Oppenheimer a challenge to play was that, as Nolan puts it, “He was so conscious of his iconography, very theatrical and self-aware. “A lot of people found Groves tough, but Oppenheimer loved him, and we’re seeing it from his point of view,” Nolan says. As one of the great partisans of the theatrical experience, Nolan is aware that his beliefs can seem “precious,” he says. You’ve got to choose your battles, and for me, the audience finishes the film.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 11, 2023 16:41 UTC