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They didn't show that in Oppenheimer.

dylan604 3y ago
I thought this to myself as well after seeing Oppenheimer. As someone else has mentioned, it was shown in Fat Man, Little Boy. Each movie had different things that were or were not shown. FMLB didn't have the football field. There's only so much you can put into a 3 hour film where at least 7/8ths are in focus. Edit: Diving down a rabbit hole, it looks like the scene in FMLB was based on the Louis Slotin incident from May 21, 1946. So some creative licensing from the producers, and probably why it is not in Oppenheimer
- jprd 3y ago
  I wish I had something witty to add here, other than - "LOL". Thank you!
  - dylan604 3y ago
    There's a saying in the camera department where the AC wants to buy a stop from the DP. I have always wanted to use that line, but I've never had a DP shoot that shallow for those kinds of scenes. In music videos, sure, but man! I haven't had the time to look into what was used to shoot that, but I'm wondering if they were shooting T-.95 it was so shallow.
User23 3y ago
What’s really interesting is how young everyone involved was.
- 13of40 3y ago
  When I got back from the army, I showed the girl I was staying with a picture of my sergeant and told her that was my boss. She said, "No way, he's too young to be a boss!" FFS, he was at least 25.
- pests 3y ago
  Look at the famous photo of the Enola Gay crew the morning of the bombing. Pictured and 12 of the 14 men who would be the first to drop a nuclear bomb. Half of them look like they should still be in highschool and the other half aren't looking much older either.
e2021 3y ago
Oppenheimer wasn't there. This happened in 1946 and he had already resigned many months before
_trampeltier 3y ago
I was surprised they mentioned the bombing of Tokyo. Just short in a sentence, but still .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_(10_March_1945) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_(10_March_194...

I thought this to myself as well after seeing Oppenheimer. As someone else has mentioned, it was shown in Fat Man, Little Boy. Each movie had different things that were or were not shown. FMLB didn't have the football field. There's only so much you can put into a 3 hour film where at least 7/8ths are in focus. Edit: Diving down a rabbit hole, it looks like the scene in FMLB was based on the Louis Slotin incident from May 21, 1946. So some creative licensing from the producers, and probably why it is not in Oppenheimer

jprd 3y ago
I wish I had something witty to add here, other than - "LOL". Thank you!
- dylan604 3y ago
  There's a saying in the camera department where the AC wants to buy a stop from the DP. I have always wanted to use that line, but I've never had a DP shoot that shallow for those kinds of scenes. In music videos, sure, but man! I haven't had the time to look into what was used to shoot that, but I'm wondering if they were shooting T-.95 it was so shallow.

User23 3y ago

What’s really interesting is how young everyone involved was.

13of40 3y ago
When I got back from the army, I showed the girl I was staying with a picture of my sergeant and told her that was my boss. She said, "No way, he's too young to be a boss!" FFS, he was at least 25.
pests 3y ago
Look at the famous photo of the Enola Gay crew the morning of the bombing. Pictured and 12 of the 14 men who would be the first to drop a nuclear bomb. Half of them look like they should still be in highschool and the other half aren't looking much older either.

e2021 3y ago

Oppenheimer wasn't there. This happened in 1946 and he had already resigned many months before

_trampeltier 3y ago

I was surprised they mentioned the bombing of Tokyo. Just short in a sentence, but still .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_(10_March_1945) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_(10_March_194...