Two more films, besides Christopher Nolan's, to watch about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who let the atomic genie out of the bottle.
— tens of thousands of Japanese civilians were more or less vaporized in an instant, while others died in all sorts of horrific ways including from radiation exposure. On the other hand, many more lives were also saved due to those same two atomic bomb detonations that brought World War II to a swift close.
If ever a man’s life cried out for a thoughtful analysis of the relationship between ends and means, it was that of the scientist who let the atomic genie out of the bottle — the same Los Alamos laboratory director who found his thoughts wandering to the text of the Bhagavad-Ghita upon surveying the first successful test of the bomb in July 1945. “Now I am become death,” Oppenheimer is said to have thought to himself. “The destroyer of worlds.
is available to stream right now via Peacock as well as Hulu, and I loved everything about it — from the fascinating audio and video footage of Oppenheimer included throughout to the top-notch animation and visual effects. The scientists who provide commentary also break down the physics and the technical challenges associated with the secretive Manhattan Project in layman’s terms.
Moreover, this NBC News Studios release also filled in some gaps in my knowledge of Oppenheimer, like how the man who arguably helped win WWII eventually found himself targeted by US Sen. Joe McCarthy during the so-called Red Scare. Definitely check this documentary out, if you get a chance, before venturing to the cinema to watchMy one complaint about what NBC News Studios produced is that it doesn’t spend a lot of time grappling with the ethics of the bomb.
I get it, though, because the focus of the project is clearly biographical — which is what makes this second documentary I’m recommending for Oppenheimer audiences (2017’s
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