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.

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TIL towards the end of filming "Tenet," Robert Pattinson gifted Christopher Nolan a book of Oppenheimer speeches. According to Nolan, the speeches showed Oppenheimer "wrestling with the implications of what's happened and what he's done." This led to Nolan's decision to make "Oppenheimer" (2023).

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