Oppenheimer (2023)

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Wikidata Q108839994, film, IMDb tt15398776, TMDB 872585: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Christopher Nolan as director (The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along); 11 more episodes agree.

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In the store as #567, Oppenheimer (2023).

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Killers of the Flower Moon: 2 lines craft ×1 industry ×1

  1. craft (score race): Killers of the Flower Moon → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's score is the main challenge to Robertson's score winning.
    “I think Oppenheimer presents a big challenge there.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

A Minecraft Movie: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (exception): A Minecraft Movie → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP.
    “And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Babylon: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (set practice contrast): Babylon → Oppenheimer. Babylon's first-AD hitting-the-marks scene is contrasted with Nolan's Oppenheimer shoot, which had no marks.
    “Christopher Nolan, like on Oppenheimer, they didn't really have any marks that they had to hit.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Emma Thomas: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards-speech complaint): Oppenheimer → Emma Thomas. The hosts say Thomas keeps giving the final acceptance speech instead of Nolan, which they object to.
    “I do feel that the director should be giving the acceptance speech.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:44:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Goodfellas: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Goodfellas → Oppenheimer. Goodfellas came at the point in Scorsese's career where Oppenheimer came for Nolan, but Scorsese lost the Oscars.
    “Nolan just won Oppenheimer at a very similar play time in his career to where Scorsese was when he made Goodfellas”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:27:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Hoita: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Hoita → Oppenheimer. A speaker relays that on Oppenheimer, per Downey, the actors had no marks and the camera side and Nolan followed their movements.
    “Downey makes it sound like they could just like walk into a room and do all sorts of things and it was like Hoita and Nolan were like, we'll follow you.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:13 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

James D'Arcy: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (actor-other-work): James D'Arcy → Oppenheimer. D'Arcy appears in Oppenheimer as the man who is not nice to Oppenheimer.
    “He was recently in Oppenheimer as the guy who's not nice to Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer almost poisons his apple.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:24:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Lincoln: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (ensemble casting): Lincoln → Oppenheimer. Lincoln has the Oppenheimer vibe of every small part being someone important.
    “it definitely has that Oppenheimer vibe of like, what if every single person is someone deeply important as an actor?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:26:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Poor Things: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards tiebreaker): Oppenheimer → Poor Things. Oppenheimer bridges the old and new voting blocks the other two split.
    “It is very old versus young and Oppenheimer is the great tiebreaker because it does both.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:44:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

Rami Malek: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (joke target): Oppenheimer → Rami Malek. The real joke about Oppenheimer's length was the clipboard business, not the runtime.
    “the real joke was in like what the hell was Ramy Molik doing with the clipboard.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:46:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The DUFF: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Oppenheimer → The DUFF. Pop culture now runs on visual memes: Cillian Murphy looking down in Oppenheimer, the Duff quarterback.
    “Because now it's like a screenshot of Killian Murphy from Oppenheimer after like the what have I done?”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:18:40 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same subject, different approach): Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 → Oppenheimer. Both stage the Trinity test; Lynch's all-CG digital particle sequence conveys the terror of matter being pulled apart better than Nolan's practical fireball, which works for buildup rather than the explosion.
    “I feel like this granular digital thing that lynch is getting at somehow evokes more of the like matter is being like pulled apart.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:17:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Goodfellas → Oppenheimer. Goodfellas came at the point in Scorsese's career where Oppenheimer came for Nolan, but Scorsese lost the Oscars.
    “Nolan just won Oppenheimer at a very similar play time in his career to where Scorsese was when he made Goodfellas”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:27:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (set practice contrast): Babylon → Oppenheimer. Babylon's first-AD hitting-the-marks scene is contrasted with Nolan's Oppenheimer shoot, which had no marks.
    “Christopher Nolan, like on Oppenheimer, they didn't really have any marks that they had to hit.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Hoita → Oppenheimer. A speaker relays that on Oppenheimer, per Downey, the actors had no marks and the camera side and Nolan followed their movements.
    “Downey makes it sound like they could just like walk into a room and do all sorts of things and it was like Hoita and Nolan were like, we'll follow you.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:13 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (score race): Killers of the Flower Moon → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's score is the main challenge to Robertson's score winning.
    “I think Oppenheimer presents a big challenge there.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (awards-speech complaint): Oppenheimer → Emma Thomas. The hosts say Thomas keeps giving the final acceptance speech instead of Nolan, which they object to.
    “I do feel that the director should be giving the acceptance speech.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:44:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (awards tiebreaker): Oppenheimer → Poor Things. Oppenheimer bridges the old and new voting blocks the other two split.
    “It is very old versus young and Oppenheimer is the great tiebreaker because it does both.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:44:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. industry (awards rival): Killers of the Flower Moon → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is the likely Best Picture winner, with Killers second or third; also a 'great men' versus 'were there any great men' contrast.
    “I feel like Christopher Nolan believes that there were great men in history.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (actor-other-work): James D'Arcy → Oppenheimer. D'Arcy appears in Oppenheimer as the man who is not nice to Oppenheimer.
    “He was recently in Oppenheimer as the guy who's not nice to Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer almost poisons his apple.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:24:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (ensemble casting): Lincoln → Oppenheimer. Lincoln has the Oppenheimer vibe of every small part being someone important.
    “it definitely has that Oppenheimer vibe of like, what if every single person is someone deeply important as an actor?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:26:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Oppenheimer → The DUFF. Pop culture now runs on visual memes: Cillian Murphy looking down in Oppenheimer, the Duff quarterback.
    “Because now it's like a screenshot of Killian Murphy from Oppenheimer after like the what have I done?”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:18:40 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (same subject, different approach): Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 → Oppenheimer. Both stage the Trinity test; Lynch's all-CG digital particle sequence conveys the terror of matter being pulled apart better than Nolan's practical fireball, which works for buildup rather than the explosion.
    “I feel like this granular digital thing that lynch is getting at somehow evokes more of the like matter is being like pulled apart.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:17:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (exception): A Minecraft Movie → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP.
    “And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (joke target): Oppenheimer → Rami Malek. The real joke about Oppenheimer's length was the clipboard business, not the runtime.
    “the real joke was in like what the hell was Ramy Molik doing with the clipboard.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:46:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Oppenheimer: Gripe that Emma Thomas gives every final acceptance speech instead of Christopher Nolan: the unavoidable Nolan wife problem.
    “It's never going to make up for the Christopher Nolan wife problem.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:44:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Oppenheimer: Running bit: Amanda rages against Oppenheimer, with Sean needling her; Amanda says Nolan thinks great men existed and Scorsese isn't sure any did.
    “Martin Scorsese's like, I'm honestly not sure. in retrospect.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

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