Edward Teller and J Robert Oppenheimer always had difficult dealings, but Teller's testimony against Oppenheimer led to long term fallout. advertisement. Factinate Media Group.

The three-hour biopic about the so-called father of the atomic bomb is a technical, visual, and storytelling achievement. It’s also the best film of both Nolan’s career and 2023.

Safdie plays Edward Teller in many different stages of his life in the film, so Nolan suggested the actor eat cheese to age up his voice. Sadfie went on to talk about Nolan’s directing style.

The 10 best movies of 2023: ‘Oppenheimer’ made with detailed care that no film can match The year also brought standout titles about murders of Native Americans, Michael Jordan’s Nike deal ...

A 1940 portrait of physicist Edward Teller. At right, Benny Safdie, who plays him in “Oppenheimer.” CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images / John Lamparski/WireImage ...

As Oppenheimer puts it in the film, “It’s about unleashing the strong force before the Nazis do.” It was a paradoxical moral situation, with which Nolan’s film forces us to wrestle.

THE DIRECTOR OF “OPPENHEIMER,” Christopher Nolan, has long played around with sound in his films, which are often very loud and propelled by an intense, driving score.

In the film, Bohr is one of Oppenheimer’s physicist heroes and he attends one of Bohr’s lectures in college. Benny Safdie as Edward Teller Image Credit: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection ...

The film also stars Emily Blunt (as biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer), Florence Pugh (psychiatrist Jean Tatlock), Benny Safdie (theoretical physicist Edward Teller ...