Spike LeeThe famous African-American director, who has always been known for not mincing his words, especially when it comes to talking about the work of his colleagues, recently expressed his opinion on the latest film from Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, I call it “a great movie,” but I also add that he wanted it to show “what happened to the Japanese people.”.
The director said in an interview with The Washington Post:
“[Nolan] He’s an exceptional director… and that’s not a criticism. It’s a comment. Himself [‘Oppenheimer’] It’s three hours long, I wish it had added a few more minutes about what happened to the Japanese people. People were vaporized. Many years later, people are radioactive. It’s not that he didn’t have power. He tells the studios what to do. I would have liked the end of the film to show what he did, which was drop the two atomic bombs on Japan“.
Nolan’s film focuses on the life of the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the American effort to develop the atomic bomb. In 1945 the United States withdrew two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasakikilling hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians.
Based on the 2005 Oppenheimer biography by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Nolan’s film focuses on the scientist’s turbulent life and internal struggle after the attack. However, Oppenheimer It does not depict the attacks or their aftermath in Japan, but remains largely limited to the perspective of the protagonist. The omission was a key point in the critical discussion of the film, which was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times Justin Chang who defended the decision and stated that Nolan deals with attacks “like a profound absence, an accusation through silence“.
Lee added:
“Understand, this is all love. And I bet that [Nolan] Could you tell me some things you would change about “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm”?“
Despite his comments about Oppenheimer, Lee clearly praised Nolan, telling the Post that he showed his students Dunkirk in his NYU film class.
Oppenheimer became a summer phenomenon, grossing more than $930 million worldwide and is now Nolan’s third-highest-grossing film of all time, behind 2008’s The Dark Knight and 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises.
The film does not yet have a release date in Japan.
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Source: The Washington Post (via Variety)
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