We went to see Oppenheimer last night, a film I've been looking forward to all Summer, it didn't disappoint! Such an epic, so many stars and very high quality acting, especially from Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. What I hadn't realised is that the film isn't really about the bomb and it's development, obviously the Manhattan project and the Trinity test are a central feature but the film goes on for another hour after the bomb explodes (without spoiling the plot) it's really about the man and how he was hounded into the 1950s by the powerful anti-communist lobby (McCarthy etc.) and Lewis Strauss in particular (head of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission). The whole thing is very powerful indeed, thought provoking and beautifully shot, gripping the whole way through and thoroughly recommended!
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