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Aug 14, 2023 1 hr 43 min

71: Oppenheimer

from Rationalish Hosted by Wack and Matthews

Christopher Nolan's latest film chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, aka "Father of the Atomic Bomb." Morgan and Eddie, film scholars as they are, reflect on the merits of the film, the life of its protagonist, the oeuvre of Nolan, interspersing witticisms and erudite musings along the way. Some of the materials were reference: Derek Thompson: ⁠Oppenheimer: The Genius, the Film, and the Project that Changed the World⁠ Adam Nayman: ⁠The Sheer Scale of Oppenheimer⁠ Like Stories of Old: ⁠Why Oppenheimer Should (Not) Have Shown Real Nuclear Violence?

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