Oppenheimer - some geographical connections

Oppenheimer has just been released on BluRay and DVD. My son has a 4K Ultra HD copy. 

The film was shot on IMAX and they had to invent black and white IMAX film as the film has both colour and black and white sequences: one featuring subjective scenes and one objective scenes. 

I saw the film at the BFI IMAX in London. This has the largest cinema screen in the UK and also shows the film in its proper aspect ratio and from a 70mm print - one of only 30 apparently.

Tourism near to the area has always taken place to some extent, with Las Vegas being known as 'Atomic City'.

This was a theme touched on in Wes Anderson's film 'Asteroid City'

This Economist piece explores the impact of the film's release on interest in visiting the sites:

The release of Christopher Nolan’s film has residents of Los Alamos rolling out the red carpet. Tourism is surging https://t.co/YFOD1Dq2ES

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 24, 2023

There are also, as usual, some untold stories associated with the work of Oppenheimer and the other scientists.

This StarTribune piece is a good read within this context of scientists feeling silenced.

cf. Gove's nonsense...

There are also some historical connections of course, not the least as to whether the bomb even needed to be dropped, and also the scene in the film where Kyoto was removed from the list of possible targets.