New footage for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was screened at CinemaCon during the Universal
Pictures presentation, and according to reactions and footage descriptions, it sounds really
exciting.
The new footage itself apparently promises a visceral and tense cinematic experience
with standout performances from Cillian Murphy and the rest of the huge cast in the
director's latest film.
Alongside this, Nolan himself revealed a timeframe for the next trailer and shared new details
about the upcoming movie.
In this video, I'm going to be discussing what was shown and sharing the reactions for
the new Oppenheimer footage.
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But without further a do, lets dive into the new footage for Christopher Nolan's
Oppenheimer, shown at CinemaCon.
So Christopher Nolan was onstage at CinemaCon yesterday showing some new footage from his
latest film, which tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical
physicist who helped create the atomic bomb.
The film is being adapted from Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin's book, American Prometheus,
and apparently the new footage was really convincing
and displayed the tense and epic nature of Nolan's biopic film.
When the filmmaker came on stage he apparently recieved a big applause from the audience,
which included a lot of movie theater owners and he began to spoke about
what's in store for us with his new project.
The filmmaker talked about the film’s protagonist making decisions that still effect us to this
very day and mentioned that the scale of his new
movie is going to be through the roof.
He said, “I know of no more dramatic tale with higher stakes.
Picture the finest minds in the country in a desperate race with the Nazis to harness
the power of the atom.
Like it or not, J. Robert Oppenheimer is the most important person who ever lived.
He made the world that we live in for better or for worse and his story has to be
seen to be believed.
His story is both dream and nightmare, and I'm hopeful audiences will come to theatres
to see it on the biggest screens possible.
In learning about that story, I wanted to be there in that room with them and see what
that must have been like.
I wanted to take the audience there.
To do so, I’ve assembled the most incredible cast and the finest technicians.”
He did also mention that several sections of the film are shot in black and white, including
an extended sequence with Robert Downey Jr., although he revealed that there's not
too much black and white in comparison to the amount of colour.
After this opening speech by the director it was then time to reveal 5-10 minutes of
new footage, and according to descriptions, it began by focussing on the moment when Oppenheimer
knew that testing the bomb might ignite the atmosphere
and destroy the world, a reflection of what Einstein said to Cillian Murphy's character
in that IMAX trailer we saw a few months ago.
There's currently 3 brief descriptions online from different sources, so I'm going to quickly
quote what was said by each of them.
Starting with Discussing film.net, they said that the
footage includes Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew Modine, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon,
Josh Peck, and more of the film’s cast ensemble as they go back and forth debating and arguing
over the ethics of creating the world’s first atomic bomb.
They say that the footage switches between black-and-white and color, with the testing
and creation of the bomb being in color and political table meetings being in black
and white.
So that's pretty much what a lot of us predicted before and it definitely highlights the different
angles to this story and the likely subjective vs objective approach that
Nolan loves to focus on.
Discussing Film also said that Oppenheimer’s main motivation is to beat the Nazis in creating
the ultimate weapon, but it questions, at what cost?
They say that the IMAX aspect ratio makes a clear difference in telling this story,
with even the most intimate conversations being felt in their intensity.
So that could suggest that Nolan with his new
black and white cameras has managed to capture dialogue scenes in IMAX, something that was
a big problem before.
They further said that the sound design was also immense and felt throughout,
solidifying Oppenheimer as a big-screen experience.
Moving to Variety's description, they noted that both the colour and black and white
footage highlighted the impeccable production design, and that they got shown a gaunt-looking,
fedora-wearing Cillian Murphy, having the haunted air of a man who unleashed nuclear
power.
They say that there were scenes of the physicist’s team engaged in the top-secret work of bomb-making,
but the movie also spins forward in time to a point where Russia has developed its
atomic technology, triggering suspicions of espionage at Los Alamos.
And to be honest this is exactly the sort of focus that the book also highlights throughoutits
pages, showing the turn in Oppenheimer's mindset both before and after
the eventual trinity test.
If you remember I've spoke previously about how I think Nolan will intercut the bombs
development in colour with the political trials in black and white throughout
the film, and this description does really link into that approach and again reminds
us of the narrative structure in Memento, which was
one of the director's first films.
Furthermore, the last description came from The Hollywood Reporter, and in their article,
they talked about that black and white sequence a bit more and
how the thriller aspects of the story have been ramped up and done well in typical Nolan
fashion.
They said, the footage showed that Nolan had turned the historical story into a thriller,
with what he described as the highest stakes imaginable.
A key point comes when Robert Downey Jr.’s character holds a meeting and delivers the
news that the Russians are on the path to the
bomb, and suggests that there was espionage under Oppenheimer’s watch.
He says, “the Russians have a bomb, we’re supposed to be years ahead”.
They also mention that at one point in the footage, Oppenheimer grapples with the ethics
of creating the bomb, saying, “I don’t know if we can be trusted with the weapon,
but I know the Nazis can’t.”
So it looks like they got a collection of new footage from different moments
in the story, and it really showed off the precise editing between different sequences,
and as the reactions will highlight, the excellent use of visuals, dialogue and sound.
Coming to those reactions, according to those who saw the extended footage at Cinema Con,
this could be Christopher Nolan's best film in years.
Apparently the performances of the cast and Ludwig Goransson's score are some of the striking
elements that stood out, and multiple viewers made that clear.
Jeff Sneider said, "just got an extended look at OPPENHEIMER
and I don't wanna get ahead of myself here, but this could be The One for Nolan.
I think it looks amazing.
He's putting the sci-fi stuff aside to focus on a true story featuring REAL
science.
Amazing cast.
Love the score.
Nolan's goal is to put you in the mind and in the shoes of a man who was in the middle
of some of the most important decisions and moments in modern
history.
Oppenheimer's story offers no easy answers, but it offers interesting and fascinating
paradoxes".
In that previously mentioned Variety article, they also called the new
OPPENHEIMER footage "nail-biting", and said it's "one of the most ambitious big studio
summer releases in years" focussing on "a scientific development that re-shaped the
course of history."
Aaron Couch also noted that "the look at Oppenheimer they got was absolutely gripping, and a lot
of the fun is seeing these A-list actors turning in character actor performances
and disappearing into these roles".
Erik Davis put "we just saw an extended preview of Oppenheimer, which was maybe the most intense
thing I have watched here so far.
Pure, tense drama - beautiful photography, switches between color
& black & white.
Score is great.
Sound is huge.
Can’t wait for more!"
Daniel Howat also said "Christopher Nolan introduces a much more
story-focused teaser for Oppenheimer, which unsurprisingly looks stunning.
Very emotional.
Gripping stakes.
Also featured new looks at Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie,
Robert Downey Jr., and more."
Andrew Salazar said, "OPPENHEIMER sizzle... could be Nolan's best since Inception".
And finally ERC wrote, "Nolan's OPPENHEIMER is going to blow up, guys.
But you knew that.
New footage is remarkable.
As expected.
Box office gonna go BOOM."
So they were the reactions and details on what was shown at the event, and before I
end this video, its key to point out that there was also one
more interesting piece of news that was shared towards the end of the panel, and that was
to do with the next trailer.
Nolan said to those in attendance, “I can neither confirm nor deny that we’ll have
a new trailer out next week with Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
So it looks like the Oppenheimer trailer will release before or on next Wednesday in time
to be shown with Guardians 3, and those who do go to watch the film in IMAX will get to
see it in all of its glory.
Something to note is that in the Warner Bros panel, it was mentioned
that the Dune Part 2 trailer would be released in the next 2 weeks, and Guardians 3 seems
like the most likely film to show it in front of.
So basically we could be getting an Oppenheimer
trailer and a Dune Part 2 trailer both in front of Guardians Of The Galaxy 3.
If you remember with Doctor Strange 2 last year, they used that
IMAX screening to show the first trailer for Avatar 2 and show some exclusive looks at
other films like Top Gun Maverick.
So it looks like Guardians 3 is going to do something similar
having trailers from multiple upcoming films, including both Oppenheimer and Dune Part 2.
But again, this will probabaly only be in IMAX if you want to see it in theatres, and
I would presume that the trailer would release online
as well.
We'll have to see if this turns out to be the case, but it looks pretty likely that
this is what's happening, and with Nolan specifically naming Guardians 3 as the place
to be for the Oppenheimer trailer, we can expect to see that sometime next week.
But that was my video discussing the footage shown at CinemaCon and the likely trailer
date for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
Overall, it sounds like people were really impressed with
what the filmmaker showed at the event and with a new trailer likely coming next week,
all of us who weren't at the event, can be treated to new footage very soon.
But based on the description and reactions to the footage that
was shown at CinemaCon, does it get you even more excited for Christopher Nolan's latest
film.
Let me know down below in the comments section.
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