Without CGI, Christopher Nolan recreates a nuclear explosion for upcoming movie

Without CGI, Christopher Nolan recreates a nuclear explosion for upcoming movie
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Thursday 15 December 2022 - 23:59

One of the world’s best and most influential directors, British-American Christopher Nolan best known for “Interstellar,” “Dark Knight” and “Inception,” has recreated a nuclear explosion without CGI for his upcoming movie Oppenheimer.

The director is known for avoiding CGI, despite making movies that demand the technique for their unrealistic and dreamy science fiction and fantasy nature.

His upcoming release, “Oppenheimer,” is based on the book American Prometheus, a biography that follows the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the manager of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project, and his contributions that led to the creation of an atomic bomb.

Nolan told Total Film magazine that 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.

In many of his movies, Nolan used practical effects to get real-life results which makes his movies special and more than just a cinematic experience.

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