How Oppenheimer's Sets Were Built Without CGI | Vanity Fair

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  • @akhillmufc19
    @akhillmufc19 10 місяців тому +1283

    The fact that they filmed the whole movie in 57 days makes this even more incredible

    • @rockettheracoon85
      @rockettheracoon85 10 місяців тому +7

      I don’t beleive you… actually?

    • @thegreenredeye
      @thegreenredeye 10 місяців тому +22

      ​@@rockettheracoon85
      Ruth de Jong says that in this video at 9:40

    • @Centre14
      @Centre14 10 місяців тому

      is that long or is that short

    • @nathanthomson777
      @nathanthomson777 10 місяців тому

      @@Centre14short. very. very short.

    • @devd6373
      @devd6373 10 місяців тому +15

      She still hasnt caught up on the sleep by the looks of things

  • @lewisanderton8062
    @lewisanderton8062 10 місяців тому +1582

    Just bear in mind that if you take the total budget of this film and add Barbie's total budget on top of it, both films combined cost less money to make than the Flash.

    • @Vincent.Morreale
      @Vincent.Morreale 10 місяців тому +65

      Incredible, really

    • @RusstySspoon
      @RusstySspoon 10 місяців тому +27

      crazy to think about

    • @joyanna9433
      @joyanna9433 10 місяців тому +21

      thats INSANE

    • @troillandford7679
      @troillandford7679 10 місяців тому +22

      And that’s why flash is the greatest movie of all time… BUT THAT’S JUST A THEORY

    • @catalan500_8
      @catalan500_8 10 місяців тому +3

      It took them over a decade to make the flash so yeah checks out

  • @olgamatys7246
    @olgamatys7246 10 місяців тому +138

    What I love most about this movie is that I can literally ***see*** that the whole Nolan's team was working at some heavenly level. Now seeing how it was built is just so amazing.

  • @jackson857
    @jackson857 10 місяців тому +221

    9:41 I'm sorry what? They shot this entire masterpiece of a movie in less than 2 months? That's insane!

  • @holasoyjuansm
    @holasoyjuansm 10 місяців тому +242

    Ruth is amazing, so inspiring and fun and talented

    • @zxcytdfxy256
      @zxcytdfxy256 10 місяців тому

      wtf kinda bot comment is this?

  • @KainedbutAble123
    @KainedbutAble123 10 місяців тому +646

    Crazy that there was no Oval Office set available to use, it must be one of the most reproduced locations in TV appearing in almost every political thriller.

    • @jph4852
      @jph4852 10 місяців тому +14

      Since plans for using the Nixon Library (east of LA) fell through, I wonder if they contacted the Reagan Library (northwest of LA).

    • @backpackerraden6268
      @backpackerraden6268 10 місяців тому +24

      Honestly that's probably why it was hard to find; more than likely in use somewhere else

    • @johnabbottphotography
      @johnabbottphotography 10 місяців тому +46

      Note to self:
      Build an oval office. Send note to Hollywood production designers, along with a ridiculous rental fee.

    • @MRLONG758
      @MRLONG758 10 місяців тому +4

      Doesn't Tyler Perry's have an entire white house replica on his lot in Atlanta

    • @hughmccabe3385
      @hughmccabe3385 10 місяців тому +5

      I'm surprised they didn't try to to contact Truman's Presidential Library to use their one, since you know the Oval Office there was part of the President they were filming of.

  • @louisberry4403
    @louisberry4403 10 місяців тому +262

    Ruth is awesome and deserves a Oscar nomination for Oppenheimer.

    • @kholt1776
      @kholt1776 10 місяців тому +1

      Ah yes, the politics of Hollywood behind the video

    • @CB_4
      @CB_4 10 місяців тому +4

      Honestly i don't know how is it not locked for the Oscar in production design

    • @r.c.c.10
      @r.c.c.10 10 місяців тому +9

      I am not sure. You've got Poor Things, Napoleon, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie which should be locked. Then, the remaining spot would be between Wonka, Maestro, Asteroid City, A Haunting in Venice and Oppenheimer for example.
      Anyways, it will for sure be nominated just for being called Oppenheimer.

    • @abrahamrodriguezpineda1848
      @abrahamrodriguezpineda1848 10 місяців тому

      @@r.c.c.10Napoleon didn’t make it in time for three Oscars

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому

      ​@@abrahamrodriguezpineda1848they will be nominated

  • @rexjamerson9316
    @rexjamerson9316 10 місяців тому +30

    Having worked as a draftsman and CAD technician for well over 25 years and worked in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, architectural and land surveying, all of this was super interesting to me and I understood clearly everything she brought out in detail concerning the excellent drawings and lay out. Kudos to all those involved in this incredible project and bringing it to life. Can't wait to see the actual movie.

  • @momochanjones7302
    @momochanjones7302 10 місяців тому +98

    “And we will carry on”
    -Christopher Nolan

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 10 місяців тому +83

    I was really impressed by the set designs, and it's wonderful to see how they were created.

  • @happynealltdpolly
    @happynealltdpolly 10 місяців тому +44

    I’m stressed just listening to it, bulding the oval office for 24 hours straight for a week

  • @saadalizeb
    @saadalizeb 10 місяців тому +30

    I love watching these videos where we see such brilliant minds at the top of their game discussing their creative processes

  • @JohnnyNiteTrain
    @JohnnyNiteTrain 10 місяців тому +31

    When the best of the best in their particular field collaborate, you get this masterpiece. Production designers, director, DP, art directors, composer, actors, editor. Awesome.

  • @brucecrawford_17
    @brucecrawford_17 10 місяців тому +49

    I respect her and the crew so much for building the Oval Office that fast. ✊

  • @BlueButterfly1134
    @BlueButterfly1134 10 місяців тому +27

    They handled everything so well and so fast that it is mindblowing

  • @RLVRT
    @RLVRT 10 місяців тому +119

    "You have to build this."
    ~Christopher Nolan

    • @Oldgregg02
      @Oldgregg02 10 місяців тому +30

      Then just walks away 😂

  • @megandavies5769
    @megandavies5769 10 місяців тому +6

    She is the icon and the moment

  • @LouieRides
    @LouieRides 10 місяців тому +7

    Wow that’s wild. I love hearing the stories of those behind the camera that are just as, if not more, vital to the movie

  • @MaleekLoyd97
    @MaleekLoyd97 9 місяців тому +6

    Felt the pain in her voice when she said they shot it in 57 days

  • @FrancileideRodrigues-d5w
    @FrancileideRodrigues-d5w 10 місяців тому +17

    Espero que a Ruth De Jong seja indicada ao Oscar, ela fez um trabalho realmente incrível.

  • @abiola33
    @abiola33 10 місяців тому +20

    There was such a physical and solid authenticity to the set.

  • @caseystu123
    @caseystu123 10 місяців тому +16

    This woman rules.

  • @meetghelani5222
    @meetghelani5222 10 місяців тому +18

    Thank you for helping make a great film, Ruth!

  • @xyzgta
    @xyzgta 10 місяців тому +4

    180+ page script shot (principal photography) in 57 days!!! mad genius of a crew!! there is a blockbuster story to be written about Nolan making a film about how he makes films !!

  • @RiverValleyHolstein
    @RiverValleyHolstein 10 місяців тому +2

    This was so interesting! I look forward to seeing this

  • @evandh1989
    @evandh1989 10 місяців тому +35

    She looks like she could use a hug and Costco-sized bottle of wine after working that film 😂

  • @pad9x
    @pad9x 10 місяців тому +2

    amazing film. done so well and deserves all the awards coming its way.

  • @ellieamoe
    @ellieamoe 10 місяців тому +6

    This was such an interesting insight as to what went on the behind the scenes of this movie!! loved it!!

  • @480brad
    @480brad 10 місяців тому +1

    Great team!

  • @luciaceba4640
    @luciaceba4640 10 місяців тому +13

    it probably written in the contracts that they have to say no cgi... and while that might be ture, there is loads of vfx

  • @joshnizzle
    @joshnizzle 10 місяців тому +2

    Great movie!

  • @blackguyofthesouth2161
    @blackguyofthesouth2161 10 місяців тому +3

    Future Oscar nominee

  • @ocdvfx
    @ocdvfx 10 місяців тому +19

    Y'all should respect the thousands of hours that was put into the CGI and VFX of Oppenheimer. It's already bad enough how many of the artists didn't get a credit at the end of the film

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому +2

      It is no CGI at all

    • @thodajyadahogaya6016
      @thodajyadahogaya6016 10 місяців тому +6

      @@lexkanyima2195 There was CGI, they just didn't tell the audience

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому +1

      @@thodajyadahogaya6016 there is no proof of CGI, i rewatch it all over again

    • @thodajyadahogaya6016
      @thodajyadahogaya6016 10 місяців тому +2

      @@lexkanyima2195 what proof do you have that they have not used CGI?

    • @yandrak6134
      @yandrak6134 10 місяців тому +2

      of course, it drives me mad all the straight up lies in big news.

  • @geoafe66
    @geoafe66 10 місяців тому +1

    This is actually super interesting

  • @lidarman2
    @lidarman2 10 місяців тому

    Interesting that it was called Trinity Avenue then. I lived there and it was Trinity Drive I lived on. But Central was the main road where example Fuller Lodge is.

  • @_iam.the.ak_
    @_iam.the.ak_ 8 місяців тому

    Absolute Cinema
    Absolute Legends

  • @Potatostarch300
    @Potatostarch300 10 місяців тому +5

    "Just get it done."
    - Christopher Nolan

  • @eronorbi
    @eronorbi 10 місяців тому +2

    I really don't understand why they have to rebuild the Oval Office and spend budget for every single movie? Why don't they create just one replica and then rent it out for every movie. There are so many movies shot with that scenery that it would make sence

  • @helenheeney2284
    @helenheeney2284 8 місяців тому

    Truly Truly amazing

  • @2002yannick1
    @2002yannick1 10 місяців тому +1

    11/10!!!!!

  • @Vincent.Morreale
    @Vincent.Morreale 10 місяців тому +1

    Incredible person, crew, and team.

  • @hermanleung8815
    @hermanleung8815 10 місяців тому

    Thank you.

  • @daniela_salazarc
    @daniela_salazarc 10 місяців тому +2

    dream job

  • @Brookec2410
    @Brookec2410 10 місяців тому +1

    VERY cool

  • @IMALEGEND_
    @IMALEGEND_ 10 місяців тому +1

    That's so cool

  • @1469roach
    @1469roach 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow this was a great video!!! I had started watching this movie but then stopped because I lost interest because I'm boring..but this actually made me want to finish watching it.. getting the inside of it really made me want to watch it

  • @sam5631
    @sam5631 10 місяців тому +1

    this is so intriguing!! really a fantastic job :)

  • @AmaSharapova
    @AmaSharapova 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow

  • @aalleiiaa
    @aalleiiaa 10 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful♥️!!!!

  • @JFRSANTOS1
    @JFRSANTOS1 10 місяців тому +1

    woww

  • @thztan7492
    @thztan7492 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome👍👏

  • @edwardolaie
    @edwardolaie 10 місяців тому +1

    Truly incredible

  • @sultanwadood7467
    @sultanwadood7467 10 місяців тому +30

    Nolan and Tarantino, the Writer/Director geniuses who still now stay true to art and practical effects!

    • @taliamason7986
      @taliamason7986 10 місяців тому +1

      Christopher Nolan isn't a Writer/Director. He has co-written most of his films with his brother Jonathan Nolan who is very largely the main writer up his last two films.

    • @barborab9343
      @barborab9343 10 місяців тому

      you cann add denis vileneuve to the group as well I think

    • @Obie.
      @Obie. 10 місяців тому +3

      Nolan uses VFX and cgi, he is just very meticulous with how he uses it. There isn't anything wrong or "less of an art" with vfx or cgi

    • @barborab9343
      @barborab9343 10 місяців тому

      @@Obie. I personally don't like huge CGI....like Avatar....for example...

    • @ocdvfx
      @ocdvfx 10 місяців тому +3

      Respectfully@@barborab9343 it's not that you don't like CGI, it's that you don't like when you can tell that it is cgi. I promise there are hundreds of movies you enjoy, that you would never have guessed had hundreds or thousands of CGI shots

  • @ethanmackler1160
    @ethanmackler1160 9 місяців тому

    So impressive, I wonder why the Reagan Library wasn't an option.

  • @TheBenChronicles
    @TheBenChronicles 10 місяців тому

    Which is more beautiful?

  • @ludvigthomsen
    @ludvigthomsen 10 місяців тому

    What is the music in the background?

  • @michaelquinn7710
    @michaelquinn7710 8 місяців тому

    So what happened to it after the movie was done filming? did they destroy it?

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 10 місяців тому

    I learned in film school that a script for a movie is "1 page a day, 1.5 if you're lucky"
    Yeah....bout that....

  • @abinari
    @abinari 8 місяців тому

    this lady is goated

  • @kavid8120
    @kavid8120 9 місяців тому

    This is cinema

  • @dejjibd424
    @dejjibd424 10 місяців тому

    Interesting!

  • @hom296
    @hom296 10 місяців тому +1

    This is so very interesting to me!

  • @JHydronix
    @JHydronix 10 місяців тому +7

    That's wild only took 57 days to create a master piece.

  • @flyflybaby2723
    @flyflybaby2723 9 місяців тому

    Who else thinks that she looks beautiful😍

  • @troillandford7679
    @troillandford7679 10 місяців тому

    HALF LIFE WAS IN NEW MEXICO?! OMG PLEASE MR NOLAN

  • @excalibur2024guy
    @excalibur2024guy 10 місяців тому +2

    She deserves an Oscar.

  • @walkerpaulp6526
    @walkerpaulp6526 10 місяців тому

    Get ready it's going to be a storm at the Academies

  • @davemercer8532
    @davemercer8532 10 місяців тому +1

    really nice documentary, but please stop editing between medium and close up shots of the speaker so quickly, or at all, very hard to concentrate on what she's saying, and doesn't add anything to the interview.

  • @bbpittorino5428
    @bbpittorino5428 10 місяців тому +3

    That opening story is art department summarized….classic

  • @berishajrb
    @berishajrb 8 місяців тому

    Nolan wanted even the crews to feel like they are going through what the united states did with los alamos

  • @definitelynosebreather
    @definitelynosebreather 10 місяців тому

    Working 6-8 weeks 1:1 haha Chris is such an introvert

  • @codyhorton4067
    @codyhorton4067 10 місяців тому

    Pretty please do the skibidi toilet plumber reacts video

  • @angelbustos9766
    @angelbustos9766 10 місяців тому

    THIS is filmmaking

  • @wigglewiggle3789
    @wigglewiggle3789 10 місяців тому +2

    My head hurts. I have worked in construction. No.

  • @carlos10571
    @carlos10571 10 місяців тому

    And the DMV can’t get my new license to me in less than three weeks 😠

  • @Bloodlust0-0
    @Bloodlust0-0 8 місяців тому

    Why is she not looking at the camera

  • @gofiocanario8897
    @gofiocanario8897 9 місяців тому

    😍😍

  • @SithLord1988.
    @SithLord1988. 10 місяців тому

    So basically every film making it out of wood

  • @geoafe66
    @geoafe66 10 місяців тому

    🔥👍

  • @daplace902
    @daplace902 8 місяців тому

    I guess none of you were around for the preceding 50 or 60 years of practical effects in movies - Pre CGI

  • @TheKdizzle1971
    @TheKdizzle1971 10 місяців тому

    8:48

  • @Nietzman
    @Nietzman 10 місяців тому +8

    Hot take but I think Nolan was wrong in not using CGI to give Los Alamos its proper scale just as he was wrong for doing the same thing in Dunkirk.

    • @Jgvcfguy
      @Jgvcfguy 10 місяців тому

      Hi did use CGI in many other scene however

  • @whateverdv
    @whateverdv 10 місяців тому +1

    They worked tf outta her ! She can barely smile

  • @Laissez-faire402
    @Laissez-faire402 10 місяців тому

    Well, they had 100 million dollars, and built the sets.

  • @zulfika_
    @zulfika_ 10 місяців тому +9

    "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI

    • @nicoladc89
      @nicoladc89 8 місяців тому +1

      CGI means Computer-Generated Imagery, means a specific thing: entire images produced using computer. Gargantua in Interstellar is CGI, digitally remove the cables holding McConaughey in the tesseract isn't CGI.
      There's no CGI in Oppenheimer, not a single image was digitally produced. They used digital VFX to modify some details on shot, for example to remove cables or so. Anyway the VFX shot in Oppenheimer are around 200, a lot less than Parasite for example. You simply can't use CGI with IMAX without losing quality.
      Invisible CGI is an oxymoron.

  • @robotshaman1779
    @robotshaman1779 10 місяців тому +3

    AmI missing something? Didn't they used to do this for every movie?

    • @swiftlymurmurs
      @swiftlymurmurs 10 місяців тому +18

      Oh for sure, but first of all, those sets didn't have to hold up to scrutiny under the immense detail of IMAX cameras, but also, the industry has really changed. Studios don't like it, investors don't like it, it's much more expensive mainly because craft workers are generally unionized and receive fair wage while CGI artists are often pushed and exploited without repercussions. It's been done in the past, and on this scale, too, but to do it in the modern industry is a feat in itself

  • @mollywoodshots6503
    @mollywoodshots6503 10 місяців тому +17

    Those who call out Nolan for not using CGI should compare the budget of The Flash & Oppenheimer.

    • @HristoVelev
      @HristoVelev 10 місяців тому +6

      He does use CGI, just lying about it

    • @ocdvfx
      @ocdvfx 10 місяців тому +7

      Nolan uses CGI in every movie he has made in the last 20 years...

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому

      ​@@ocdvfxproof it

  • @cinderclawz
    @cinderclawz 10 місяців тому

    This was better than the movie itself

  • @hgfdshtrew8541
    @hgfdshtrew8541 10 місяців тому +1

    why on earth wouldn't they just plan it better? ridiculous

    • @bri20902
      @bri20902 10 місяців тому

      ? Hater much?

  • @HUNVilly
    @HUNVilly 10 місяців тому

    Arent ther a bunch of permanent oval office sets in LA for rent?

  • @mahkyehayden1492
    @mahkyehayden1492 10 місяців тому +8

    Oppenheimer is full of CGI practical effects make a better CGI stop the anti-CGI rhetoric

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому +1

      I saw the movie, no CGI at all

  • @yanikkendler
    @yanikkendler 10 місяців тому +5

    i hate this "no cgi" obession that people have.. noone these days uses 0 cgi.. oppenheimer as well

  • @Robert-rt9ho
    @Robert-rt9ho 10 місяців тому +1

    These producers and directors need to stop lying this movie is full of cgi and vfx yes they are different

  • @jedgould5531
    @jedgould5531 9 місяців тому

    Oh, you wanted to get paid, AND take it easy? 9:38

  • @elowine
    @elowine 10 місяців тому +3

    "Without CGI" Literally the second step shown is the conversion of drawn plans into 3D ...

    • @JamesWestMusicMan
      @JamesWestMusicMan 10 місяців тому +2

      This comment made me cringe soooo hard... the 3D plan is for construction purposes, they LITERALLY talked about how they used the stoftware to help build the sets

    • @elowine
      @elowine 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@JamesWestMusicMan Exactly they literally talk about it so why use that title. That title made me cringe, the undertone that it's somehow bad to use CGI or an accomplishment to not use it is childish.
      Not to mention that for the movie plenty of shots were worked on by CGI artists. Don't get my wrong I love practical effects and miniatures, but the CGI industry doesn't get the respect they deserve and this is another example.

  • @Murmeldyrful
    @Murmeldyrful 10 місяців тому +26

    Stop pushing this “No CGI” clickbait nonsense. Be better

    • @MikeMiller-zc1xf
      @MikeMiller-zc1xf 10 місяців тому +4

      It's not that deep buddy

    • @ashsmart6895
      @ashsmart6895 10 місяців тому +4

      how is it clickbait. it is true

    • @gunnaryoung
      @gunnaryoung 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@MikeMiller-zc1xf it kinda is...

    • @leemcqueen500
      @leemcqueen500 10 місяців тому +1

      You are clueless

    • @r.c.c.10
      @r.c.c.10 10 місяців тому

      It's one of the film's most important selling points. It's just about money and popularity...

  • @jmoravec
    @jmoravec 10 місяців тому +6

    please stop using term "without/no cgi". no need to lie. thank you.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому +2

      It's the truth

    • @JamesWestMusicMan
      @JamesWestMusicMan 10 місяців тому +3

      They have no reason to lie... so they probably didn't use CGI. Use your little grey cells

    • @jmoravec
      @jmoravec 10 місяців тому

      @@lexkanyima2195 it's the marketing

  • @AntonQvarfordt
    @AntonQvarfordt 10 місяців тому

    All sets are built without CGI. You put that in afterwards.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 10 місяців тому +1

      No, there is no proof for CGI At all

  • @TheBBbentsen
    @TheBBbentsen 10 місяців тому

    Writing this before seing the video. ''So they did use a real nuke huh''

  • @zhuofanzhang9974
    @zhuofanzhang9974 10 місяців тому +1

    Why so many camera cuts? Is our attention span really that pathetic?