New Delhi: Everytime a Christopher Nolam film releases, it is bound to become a blockbuster. As Nolan's latest release 'Oppenheimer' broke several box office records and became one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, celebrated filmmaker Spike Lee shared his view about the film with The Washington Post. As 'Oppenheimer' revolved around the story of J Robert Oppenheimer and his role in developing the first atomic bomb, and the destruction on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Spike Lee addressed how the film should have also shown the effects of the blasts on the Japanese people.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Spike Lee said, "[Nolan] is a massive filmmaker… and this is not a criticism. It’s a comment. If [‘Oppenheimer’] is three hours, I would like to add some more minutes about what happened to the Japanese people. People got vaporized.”
"Many years later, people are radioactive. It’s not like he didn’t have power. He tells studios what to do. I would have loved to have the end of the film show what it did, dropping those two nuclear bombs on Japan.”
However, Lee further added, “Understand, this is all love,” Lee added. “And I bet [Nolan] could tell me some things he would change about ‘Do the Right Thing’ and ‘Malcolm X.'”
Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenhemier' is based on the book 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenhemier', written by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin.
The film starred 'Peaky Blinders' fame Cillian Murphy in the titular role along with Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Casey Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek and more.
'Oppenheimer' grossed more than $ 930 million and even more at the global box office. The three-hour period piece became Christopher Nolan's third-highest grossing movie ever, only behind 'The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight Rises'. The film is yet to have a Japanese release.