Coming Attractions, July 25, OPPENHEIMER stays in the House

Monday, July 24, 2023

Coming Attractions. Oppenheimer stays in the house. 

Monday, July 24, OPPENHEIMER @ 3:20 & 7

Tuesday, July 25, OPPENHEIMER @ 3:20 & 7 (Open Caption*)

Wednesday, July 26, OPPENHEIMER @ 3:20 & 7

Thursday, July 27, OPPENHEIMER @ 3:20 & 7

Friday, July 28, OPPENHEIMER @ 3:20 & 7

Sat & Sun, July 29&30, OPPENHEIMER @ 11;45, 3:20 & 7

* Highly recommended

I have been in the building for each of the eight screenings of Oppenheimer so far. As is my way, I try to peek into the auditorium at key moments as prompted by either the score, the soundscape or a combination of the two when combined for a tight, juicy scene. Every film has a few of these flawlessly dramatic scenes, all usually included in their trailers. Oppenheimer has lots of them. I could be coerced into saying every scene does, but there has never ben a film in the history of cinema that can make that boast, simply due to the extreme personal nature of our unique points of view. The subjectivity factor. We all know the Oppenheimer story, right? Therefore there is no chance of me stumbling into spoilerville. We all know something of the backstory, a little about the myriad details of the Manhattan Project, Harry Truman’s legacy and J Robert Oppenheimer’s complex and tortured short tenure of “The Man of the Moment” as quoted by Albert Einstein himself. I love this story, mostly perhaps beause it contains the polar extremes of American history; the absolute best we could ever hope to be, and its most disgusting and banal opposite. How do we reconcile? How do we agree on the better course of action? Who are we to even be in the discussion? Does might and white always win the day? And if so, why? Many of these ethical and moral questions have been shown to us while we look under the hood of history, or at lest the bloody warring parts and chapters. It struck me as particularly paradoxical to consider that the same story Christopher Nolan, via Kai Birds American Promethius tome, is being told again in real time, by another contemporary cast of vile characters, each of them in accurate portal of the stars we see marvelously acting their parts in Oppenheimer. The last line of the movie echos this concern. Listen for it. 

More later, thanks.

Kevin

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