Christopher Nolan Interview: Oppenheimer, IMAX, and Editing
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- As cinemas struggle to compete with the shifting tide of streamers, auteur filmmakers such as Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan stand at the forefront of what he calls the “gold standard” of moviemaking. While promoting Oppenheimer, his latest project with Cillian Murphy as the titular American physicist who headed secret weapons for the Manhattan Project, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with the writer-director about his editing process and conviction behind his dedication to filming in IMAX.
Oppenheimer is receiving a limited theatrical release that will allow audiences to experience Nolan’s vision the way he intended, with a run in IMAX 70mm film in select theaters, utilized to capture “the incredible disparity of scales” portrayed in the movie. As with his epics like Inception and Interstellar before, Oppenheimer explores morality and identity, this time through one of man’s greatest scientific achievements that posed the question, “But should we?” Joining Murphy on the explosive roster are Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Gary Oldman.
In this one-on-one interview, which you can watch or read below, Nolan discusses his work’s influence over IMAX today and the limits he pushed with Oppenheimer, as well as why the director chose not to use CGI in a film that depicts the impact of a city-leveling nuclear weapon. He also discusses his editing process with returning collaborator Jennifer Lame, exactly how he was able to pull off practical explosions with VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson, and why, and the use of color and black and white to tell two converging stories.
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Oppenheimer looks amazing. It looks like a character study of history.
I agree it looks amazing, but to me it’s because it looks like high concept sci-fi that just happens to be true (they literally broke one of the fundamental rules of reality to create a weapon of unmatched destructive power). I don’t particularly like biopics or history movies, but this is still my most anticipated movie.
It's wonderful to appreciate and support directors like Nolan. We need more risk takers, more original thinkers. This guy knows how to pull it off.
I love Nolan's obsession with the axioms of our reality, this film looks superb
Nolan is a genius. One of the greatest auteur directors alive
IMO, his best film is still The Prestige.
I thought you said amateur director
Second to nobody for me, nowadays. And no bullshit or glamour. Pure love in what he does.
Love how Steve always asks CRAFT questions
One of the best directors of all time
Nolan truly is a master at his craft
i just thank Lord everytime Nolan movie comes because i am born in his era, and for freaking sure Oppenheimer is gonna blast every other movie this year and i am ready for that. Last but not least Thanks CN The GOAT
A fabulous interview. Cannot wait to this in IMAX. The feels like Nolan’s magnum opus
Wonderful film! Seeing it in Imax was mindblowing.
Finally an intelligent interview sick of the normie mainstream bs
As always, thanks Steve and Christopher for the interview. Looking forward to the experience.
I can listen to this man all day
I really liked those questions!
He is from future, a genius!
It is comforting to know that in the future, film is still around.
I will surely watch this film in the best IMAX cinema here in my city, no fking doubt about that.
Great interview and questions as always!
Brilliant interview
while no CGI per se, there was for sure compositing and 'enhancement'
Yeah, there are tones of things done in post to further the original product. Did you know the credits were done with graphics in post 🤯
@@Herrlorddonkoenigczar amazing, i thought they wrote them manually...
@@luciaceba4640 Oh they do ‘write’ them manually…but then they beam it out into space and the aliens send it back all CGI and shit. It’s an amazing collaboration. As long as it’s a positive working relationship then I’m okay with it
Compositing frames of film is a practical effect that's been done since the 1920's. As far as "enhancement" in the sense of "color correction", etc., that wasn't done on this film, either. You don't have to color correct if you have a good cinematographer. Cinema was doing just fine for 100 years before color correction. Too many directors use color correction now because it's easier than correctly and consistently lighting a film. It's laziness.
@@redadamearth colour grading*, i used the wrong word... grading for sure happened
Refreshing questions
great interview
That's a fantastic shirt of Hans
I love nolan
It’s not just a film. It’s an experience.
Everything is an experience. Saying something is "an experience" isn't saying anything at all. Watching "Porky's" is an experience. Taking a nap is an experience. Quantify the experience, don't just say it's "an experience".
@@redadamearth Oh it’s an experience! ‘Experience’ relating and meaning it’s quite the experience, an experience that is special. Understand context, understand what I’m saying. It’s the upmost experience of all. I don’t have to quantify anything. The words entail it perfectly.
@@redadamearth🤓🤓🤓
If these people mention imax cameras one more time
3:12
Zero cgi!
How about slimmer film for the platter?
Not a massive fan but Nolan gets it when it comes to use practical fxs. Most movies these days look like a video game. Indy 5 is a good example. It was absolute garbage. Nolan films never look like that. And i like that.
Indiana Jones 5 was absolute garbage, but with Oppenheimer, I have no doubt it would be amazing
He movies have ages so well.
Watch Batman begins or Dark Knight and compare with marvel and cgi crap
"There are no CGI shots in the movie". Okay. That's a marketing line. Looking forward to seeing the breakdown like in Top Gun when we find out there's thousands of VFX/CG Shots in the movie.
Believe what you want... thats the problem with this generation and society today... lot of ignorant people think movies can't be made without cgi
@@chrismalik1579I don’t think there are any entirely CGI shots in the film, but there might be a handful of shots where there are CG elements like in Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, and Tenet.
There is difference between CGI and VFX.
CGI means completely generating a scene or parts of scene virtually using computer.
VFX on the other hand means compositing (basically adding or removing) things from a pre recorded scene.
@@chrismalik1579 First of all, it's not a "generation problem". People knew just as little about filmmaking in the 70s (and even moreso) and 50s as they do today. I've been in many studios where the director hasn't the faintest clue how VFX works. Yet they rely on them heavily just to shit on them later. It's weird and I'm getting really tired of it. This happened with Life of Pi, the Star Wars Sequels, all of the recent action movies. There's a stigma towards VFX because it involves computers and there fore that some how means to people that talent and time isn't a factor. The studios are aware of this stigma and instead of correcting it, they lean in and use it as a marketing gimmick. Like movies can be 100% grass fed or some BS.
@@GauravSharma-dy8xv Yeah the truth is the definitions have always been loose and interchangeable. And often times the director has no clue if an element is painted, simmed, pulled from real-life or otherwise. He's said this before about his films and the truth is they don't look terribly spectacular because his editing is all over the place. The Dark Knight especially was pretty bad for its action (great in every other area for sure). Same with Dunkirk and Tenet. If the movie's good, people shouldn't care how it's made...but it's a marketing tactic now.
I call bull when he claims there aren't CGI shots in the movie
Why?
SPOILER INTERVIEW DONT WATCH
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I've got one foot halfway out the door on Nolan films. If this is a confusing mess like it normally is, I may have to evaluate my fandom of one Mr. Nolan. Because now it's like okay, I don't even think you know what you're trying to say at this point.
LIAR! In my country, there is CGI used on Florence Pugh!
A disparity between interviewer and interviewee on an intelligence quotient level.
USA 0-1 UK
Nolan is an American and lives in the United States.
Nolan is making films about a fictional thanos super weapon and the person interviewing him is a big bald creepy baby man 😔WHATS GOING ON PEOPLE
Is there really no CGI?
For what exactly?
He nuke the real bomb and rest of movie is just events without action sequences
Yeah...I doubt that.
I do hope he avoids woke stuffs in his own movies in the future.
Dude, give it up. And if political messages in films freak you out so much, you should probably not see "Oppenheimer".
This is history.
Always gotta hear some fool chirping about "woke stuff". Let the man and any other talented director make the film they want and dont see it if you're bothered by "wokeness".
Freaking sad seeing Nolan getting destroyed by barbie
I mean not really going to get destroyed. This movie opening weekend won’t do as well as Barbie, that’s for sure. However in the long run, it will be fine. This movie had no more than a $150 million budget and maybe a few million to marketing. It will make about triple if not quadruple that back over its theatrical runtime.
Barbie on the other hand will smash it straight away, but I have a feeling may die off quicker than Oppenheimer. It’s a fun, cheesy flick to see once; maybe twice. Also, they have the full force of a multi billion-billion dollar company in Mattel doing their marketing, so of course it is going to do better for now.
Also people are saying this in reference to the promotion of the movies and social media attention. In all honesty, Nolan hasn’t changed much in his marketing plans. People know from word of mouth that it being a Nolan movie and the cast is maybe one of, if not the best in cinema history that people will see it no matter what. Also, how could you really market a historical drama flick like this, especially compared to fucking Barbie? Of course Barbie is going to be marketed better as it can also be directed at young kids/teens
@@Cga12347 wb want to kill Nolan after Tenet flopped that's why barbie is releasing the same day. People hate Nolan movies nowadays
@@Rizky-Gumilar Who hates Nolan movies? The freaks that are confused about their genders on Twitter? Yea, I wouldn't take their opinions seriously at all.
@@Harriz62 critics hate Nolan that is why after TDKR most Nolan films floped
@@Rizky-Gumilar Lol? The films that came after TDKR: Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet. Both Interstellar and Dunkirk were praised critically and brought in huge profits. Tenet is by far Nolan's worst film and it came out during the peak of Covid, bringing in almost 400 million. Which is not bad at all....so, not sure what you're talking about. Let's not pretend like TDKR is terrible, it's still a good film. Far better than anything Marvel has produced.
Shame to see explict sex scenes that were totally unnecessary. Film was subpar anyway but the sex scenes totally brought nolan down in my eyes to the level of the rest of wokes. I dont think nolan needed to that much of an artsy farsty guy to prove a point. He gave in. Not a fan anymore. And this is coming from a hardcore fan.
I dont see the point of seeing this in IMAX. Its a drama movie. Sure you get the bomb explosion but what else?
Nolan never disappoints with Imax.
GIVE MORE MONEY
Yeah you shouldn't see it in Imax, probably go see the Barbie movie in the next screen, more your style.
IMAX 70mm film is the equivalent of 18K or >200mp per frame, so it's larger then life and the only opportunity to go watch something like that including amazing infra surround sound as well. It'll be an experience. If you live near a IMAX Theater that shows it in actual 70mm IMAX (15/70mm not 5/70mm) then I would suggest watching it that way.
He shot it with imax cameras for the imax screen that's why
To bad there will always be James Cameron over Nolan
Please don't bring Celine into the conversation ok?
what's ur problem? By demeaning nolan, what could you possibly get? I am a nolan fan, but I never degrade james Cameron, Spielberg and other famous directors.
James Cameron is a hack
Cameron can't hold a candle to this guy
Zero CGI. His team are geniuses
then I really how how they captured the subatomic
world without CGI. Interesting.
People were making gigantic special effects films for decades before Christopher Nolan, dude. Watch "Blade Runner" sometime. Nolan is just one of the filmmakers who thinks we should be going BACK to that.
@@davidespejo7255what are u talking about brosky xD
Have you ever heard of micro and macro lenses? xDDDD
did you have a microscope at school?
U should have asked him how Bhagwqd Geeta influenced Oppenheimer life and did they showed it in movie????
The movie is about to release. Go see it yourself