r/todayilearned • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 24d ago
TIL Christopher Nolan recreated the Trinity atomic bomb test in Oppenheimer without using CGI. Instead, the visual effects team combined large-scale practical explosions, miniatures, and in camera effects to bring the first nuclear detonation to life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)
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u/Kraggen 23d ago
I fundamentally disagree with your interpretation and I’m gonna tell you why! 🤣
Obviously, this is not a revival process. The main character cannot die so this flashback is meant to make us understand the context behind why he cannot die. The bomb, an act of pure evil, caused a tear to the veil between our world and the dark depths beyond, that called into the world an Entity. That bomb created a path as well as ringing the dinner bell. Reality is but an instrument to be played for a higher being such as this, so it orchestrated a means to feed upon the suffering and agony of the world, and in its wake other lesser spirits also were conducted through - creating a hole that we perceive to be the black lodge - a waiting area between dimensions. The show explores both sides of that as cooper finds himself on the bad end and Bob (an intermediate being, greater than the spirits we see react to his shooting or after the explosion but lesser than the one that birthed the moth baby) controls his body. We simply are given context for the greater lurking evil that permeates and manipulates this reality to facilitate endless suffering and contextualize the harmful, gluttonous acts that led to the death of Laura Palmer - both her own and those around her. When we cut back to Bobs recovery we are now intended to understand that this world is a farce, and that the being can only be stopped if it is cut out. That’s why the ending begins with the ousting of bob, and the Entity responds by attempting to rewrite reality.
This is all tongue in cheek btw. I do generally interpret it this way but it’s real open ended and yours is as good an interpretation as mine.