Nolan reveals he recreated nuclear weapon explosion without CGI for Oppenheimer

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has revealed that as part of the production for his new movie Oppenehimer he recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without any CGI effectsAccording to Variety an American media company Nolan who has always favoured practical effects over VFX made the revelation about the film to Total Film magazineOppenehimer stars long time Nolan collaborator Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer a leading figure of the Manhattan Project and the creation the atomic bomb during World War III think recreating the Trinity test the first nuclear weapon detonation in New Mexico without the use of computer graphics was a huge challenge to take on Nolan saidAlso ReadChristopher Nolan unveils the first poster of upcoming thriller OppenheimerHe added Andrew Jackson my visual effects supervisor I got him on board early on was looking at how we could do a lot of the visual elements of the film practically from representing quantum dynamics and quantum physics to the Trinity test itself to recreating with my team Los Alamos up on a mesa in New Mexico in extraordinary weather a lot of which was needed for the film in terms of the very harsh conditions out there there were huge practical challengesThe filmmaker went on to call Oppenheimer a story of immense scope and scale adding Its one of the most challenging projects Ive ever taken on in terms of the scale of it and in terms of encountering the breadth of Oppenheimers storyThere were big logistical challenges big practical challenges But I had an extraordinary crew and they really stepped up It will be a while before were finished But certainly as I watch the results come in and as Im putting the film together Im thrilled with what my team has been able to achieve continued Nolan as per VarietyNolan has assembled an allstar cast for Oppenheimer Joining Murphy Blunt and Downey Jr are Matt Damon Florence Pugh Rami Malek Benny Safdie Josh Hartnett Dane DeHaan Jack Quaid Matthew Modine Alden Ehrenreich David Krumholtz Michael Angarano and Kenneth BranaghThe project which is set to release on July 21 2023 is based on American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J Sherwin Published in 2005 the book won the Pulitzer PrizeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever