Christopher Nolan
Following Oppenheimer’s enormous success, Hollywood’s most renowned director Christopher Nolan declared that he intended to go more into the horror genre in the years to come. During an interview with the British Film Institute, Nolan expressed his belief that he could effectively handle the horror aspect of the movie.
Oscar-nominated director said that Oppenheimer had his share of frightening moments, particularly following the sequence in which the Manhattan Team successfully created their first atomic bomb.
In a recent conversation with the panel at the BFI, Nolan addressed a question about the horror elements in Oppenheimer. He answered, “Certainly, Oppenheimer has elements of horror, which I think are appropriate for the subject matter. The middle of the film is very heavily based on the heist genre, and the third act of the film is the courtroom drama. The reason I settled on those two genres for those sections is that they are mainstream genres in which dialogue and people talking are inherently tense and interesting to an audience. That’s the fun thing with the genre—you get to play with a lot of different areas, whereas, in different types of films, you really wouldn’t be allowed to.”
Christopher Nolan further said “I think horror films are very interesting because they depend on very cinematic devices. It’s really about [provoking] a visceral response to things. So at some point, I’d love to make a horror film. But I think a really good horror film requires an exceptional idea, and those are few and far between. So I haven’t found the story that lends itself to that. But I think it’s a very interesting genre from a cinematic point of view. It’s also one of the few genres where the studios make a lot of these films, and they’re films that have a lot of bleakness and a lot of abstraction. They have a lot of qualities that Hollywood is generally very resistant to putting into films, but that’s a genre where it’s allowable.”
Christopher Nolan is on track for Best Director Oscar after winning the DGA award for Oppenheimer and was nominated for the 96th Academy Awards for Oppenheimer, the film was also nominated under 13 categories including best director and best picture. The star exceptional director is yet to receive Oscars for Best Director.
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