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James Cameron Says Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Was 'Moral Cop Out'
- James Cameron criticized Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer as a moral cop-out for not showing the aftermath of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
- Cameron based his critique on Nolan's choice to focus subjectively on Oppenheimer's experience, which Nolan confirmed in a November 2023 Variety interview.
- Cameron is developing a film called Ghosts of Hiroshima, inspired by Charles Pellegrino's book, aiming to depict the full devastation of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb.
- Although Cameron has taken notes for 15 years, he has yet to write the script and wants to portray the events uncompromisingly, inspired by Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.
- Cameron acknowledges Ghosts of Hiroshima may not reach Oppenheimer's mainstream success but pledges to tell the untold stories of nuclear war survivors directly and fully.
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James Cameron Says Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Was 'Moral Cop Out'
After Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer broke records at the box office, James Cameron is working on a nuclear war film of his own — and he’s taking a different approach. While discussing his plan to direct a film about the atomic bomb based on Charles Pellegrino’s upcoming book, Ghosts of Hiroshima, Cameron, 70, said he was surprised by some of Nolan’s decisions regarding scenes that were not explored in Oppenheimer. “Yeah … it’s interesting what…
James Cameron Comes for Christopher Nolan Over 'Oppenheimer'
"I don't like to criticize another filmmaker's film-but," James Cameron begins before doing just that, criticizing Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as a "cop out" for not presenting the full effects of that atom bomb. (Deadline) Charlize Theron held the fifth annual... Read more...
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