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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Along with the Best Picture win and the massive box office success, the Oppenheimer quotes that have stayed with audiences highlight the movie's incredible impact. The impressive biopic utilizes a mix of original dialogue, real-life quotations, and philosophical statements to highlight the themes, anxieties, and overall significance of the Manhattan Project and the creation of the atomic bomb.
It presents Oppenheimer, Bohr, and the purist of scientific knowledge at large through an artistic lens, comparable to a famous composer such as Beethoven or Mozart "hearing the music" in their minds and pulling it down from an ethereal realm into the practical and symbolic human world. The movie has a great deal of respect for scientific minds while also speaking to the burden their knowledge carries.
In a certain sense, Truman is right and Oppenheimer's self-pity is too late. However, it also shows the former president in a villainous light as he is uncaring about what the scientists might have created, now considering the invention something that belongs to him and he can use as he sees fit. Albert Einstein makes for a great supporting character in Oppenheimer, appearing in a handful of scenes but making a big impact. It is not just the fact that he is one of the most famous scientific minds of all time, but that he is a mentor figure to Oppenheimer as he deals with these complex questions. Albert Einstein offered a word of advice to Oppenheimer as he can relate to being mistreated and used by his own government and country despite his groundbreaking achievements.
"Batter My Heart" is a request for God's forcible intervention to be remade and seek salvation. Oppenheimer drew parallels to this concept that the bomb would ultimately destroy to build anew. However, it may be a moment of him trying to convince himself his work is being used for the greater good.
In his first exchange with the formidable General Groves, Oppenheimer is asked why he doesn't have a Nobel Prize, pointing out that the man whom the prestigious award was named after was the inventor of dynamite. This alludes to how Oppenheimer could have earned a Nobel Prize for being the father of the atomic bomb, but due to controversy, he was not.
Up until the moment the bomb goes off, Oppenheimer is attempting to reason with why he needs to go through with this task. He gives reasons why, despite the issues it introduces into the world, the bomb is a necessary evil. This line before the bomb goes off feels like a tragic one as if he is resigning himself to the fact that this decision he made will stick with him for the rest of his life.
9 “Tell Her To Bring In The Sheets!” J. Robert Oppenheimer Following the success of the Trinity Test, Oppenheimer rejoices with his associates, telling one of them to call his wife Kitty and "tell her to bring in the sheets." This was a cryptic message to inform Kitty that the atomic test had been successful, which she realized as soon as she received the information at home through a phone call.
7 “Prometheus Stole Fire From The Gods And Gave It to Man. For This, He Was Chained To A Rock And Tortured For Eternity.” Opening Caption In the first glimpse of the film, a quotation is projected reading, "Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity." In the context of the film, Oppenheimer is essentially Prometheus, who showed the world that incredible power can be harnessed and utilized.
5 “Zero Would Be Nice!” Gen. Leslie Groves Close While Christopher Nolan is not a filmmaker known for having a lot of humor in his movies, the tension of Oppenheimer can sometimes be cut with a well-timed joke. In the same vein as "Theory will only take you so far," is the inverse reaction to that sentiment presented by General Groves. Groves asks for clarification from Oppenheimer about the level of risk involved in the Trinity Test which Oppenheimer explains is "near zero.
Related Why Oppenheimer's Trinity Test Scene Has No Sound Having no sound in Oppenheimer's Trinity test scene might have been an artistic choice but there is also an intriguing scientific reason behind it.
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