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EPISODE · Jul 31, 2023 · 58 MIN

#1558 How Accurate Was the Oppenheimer Movie?

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This week, Clay Jenkinson's conversation with Listening to America's Enlightenment correspondent David Nicandri after viewing the blockbuster film Oppenheimer. How close did the film stay to the historical record? Was the characterization of Oppenheimer both accurate and compelling? Why does Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey, Jr.) play so large a role in the film? Will the film be remembered in Hollywood history? Why is the film rated R? Is Christopher Nolan's depiction of Edward Teller an allusion to Stanley Kubrik's Dr. Strangelove? Do the four narrative strands of the film hold together? What is the significance of the argument of the film that, once you create nuclear devices, they are sure to be used in the next existential world crisis?

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