Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Christopher Nolan Cut 30 Days From 'Oppenheimer' Filming to Boost Budget for Los Alamos Set
TheWrap: Christopher Nolan shaved 30 days off the shooting calendar for “Oppenheimer” in order to make the movie more realistic.
Production designer Ruth De Jong told the “Team Deakins” podcast earlier this month that the blockbuster about the development of the atom bomb was supposed to have a longer production timeline, but the director reduced the number of shooting days in order to prioritize the production design.
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As someone who is considering becoming a production designer in the future, it is interesting to learn about stories like this. It is quite impressive to know that the whole set was constructed using no visual effects, unlike most films made today. It’s amazing how Nolan prioritized the design so much that he was able to sacrifice 30 days of filming. That is an incredible cut back, and I wonder how they were able to handle having that many less days. I really enjoyed watching Oppenheimer, and I feel like none of the work felt like it was rushed or compromised. It is an extremely well-crafted film with excellent realistic and accurate sets. The fact that DeJong took the time to create the buildings in the town to be used on all sides in a 360 degree fashion is admirable. Just the amount of research and attention to detail it must have taken to accurately build the town is amazing. I would love to be able to work on a project like this in the future. I think it would be really interesting to be involved in that kind of research and precision in planning out a whole town.
I like that this choice was made. I think that CGI and other tactics to fake environments are used far too often nowadays. I understand the use of smaller budget movies when there is no time or when there is no money to build the set that is needed. However, in a situation like Oppenheimer or other big budget hollywood films, when there is time and money to build a realistic set, I think it is worth creating that realism. CGI has progressed to a point where it is significantly more difficult to tell when it is used, and I would have completely understood if it was used on the explosion, but I also think it is incredibly cool that it was not. To some level I think you are almost always able to tell because there is a special look to CGI. Maybe I should pay more attention to it in dramas and see if I can tell, but if a house is set on fire, or if it is a view of a city, I think it is almost always obvious.
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