Oppenheimer

[maggiebee]

Has anyone been to see this film? Went yesterday and thought it was fabulous. Having said that I'm sure I missed bits so would like to go back and have a second watch. Cillian Murphy was his usual wonderful self but looking very gaunt having lost so much weight to play the part. Star IMO was Robert Downey Jnr as Lewis Strauss. A long film but kept me riveted.

[LadyCG]

I would like to see it but there's something about Cillian Murphy that just makes my hairs stand on end. He really gives me the creeps.

[maggiebee]

As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of J. Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” It is, perhaps, the most well-known line from the Bhagavad Gita.

Love Cillian Murphy.

[Gromit]

Thanks TheWinner for the link to the soundtrack.

[Peter Pedant]

the mind of J. Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” It is, perhaps, the most well-known line from the Bhagavad Gita.

and most mis-translated - according to Thought of the Day speaker - time is a better word

( I thought Vishnu was preserver, not a destoyer ( Kali)

[retrocop]

Was I watching a film called 'The Manhattan Project' about 10 years ago on TV?
I recall the start where an elderly US Military Engineer Officer was assigned to oversee the project. The scientists were gathered with love interests to the newly built Los Alamos project town. Work gets under way and one of the team is accidentally exposed to a massive dose of radiation and dies a hideous death in the project infirmary.
I recall Oppenheimer under suspicion and is tailed by the FBI and it all ends up in a bang. Help please. Was it the title I suggested at the beginning? I was enthralled by that showing and if the new Oppenheimer is any thing like that I will make a rare visit to the cinema.