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.

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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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.

Oppenheimer also stars Emily Blunt, Robert Downey, Jr., Florence Pugh, Michael Angarano, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh. The film arrives June 21 (the same day as Barbie , so start ...