On paper, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer could have been considered an embrace of an intimate story as compared to some of his more bombastic outings, only for the R-rated biopic to go on to earn nearly $1 billion worldwide.
"Ideas come from everywhere," Nolan recently explained to Variety."I've done a remake, I've made adaptations from comic books and novels, and I've written original screenplays. I'm open to anything. But as a writer and director, whatever I do, I have to feel like I own it completely. I have to make it original to me: The initial seed of an idea may come from elsewhere, but it has to go through my fingers on a keyboard and come out through my eyes alone.
While Nolan's earliest films, Following and Memento, were intimate mysteries, he was quick to find success in a major franchise, thanks to Batman Begins. Not only was this 2005 reinvention of the Caped Crusader a hit, but its sequels The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises were even bigger hits with audiences and critics, a benchmark that DC is still trying to replicate.
When asked if he has even seen The Batman, Nolan deflected,"If I start talking about comic book movies, that would be the only thing anybody pays any attention to in the article." Whatever the filmmaker might tackle next, his various successes in virtually all cinematic realms mean audiences will show up to see anything he aims to explore. Given the grim and dour subject matter of Oppenheimer, though, fans would likely wish to see his next film have a bit more escapism.What would you like to see next from the filmmaker? Let us know in the comments!
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