‘Oppenheimer’: Netizens hail Christopher Nolan after an alleged real video of Trinity Test goes viral | English Movie News – Times of India

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ has stirred conversations due to its precise portrayal of J Robert Oppenheimer‘s life, the physicist celebrated as the ‘father of the atomic bomb’. The movie’s presentation of the 1945 Trinity Test has especially captured audiences’ imagination, especially when viewed on IMAX screens.
Now, an interesting Instagram video is making rounds, asserting to be actual footage from the Trinity Test.It shows Oppenheimer and his team preparing for the historic explosion and what we see in the video bears a striking resemblance to the scene in the film. The narration accompanying the video describes the blast as “brighter than a thousand suns” and speaks of a blind girl miles away witnessing the flash, men at the site experiencing intense heat, and the subsequent shockwave.
The video has grabbed everyone’s attention. One individual questioned the narrative, asking how a blind person could see a flash and from a considerable distance. Another inquired about the camera and film’s survival post-explosion. Some comments praised the video over the film, while others expressed fears about the environmental impact of repeated explosive testing, particularly in the ocean.
An array of reactions included the paradoxical perception of the explosion as “absolutely beautiful and terrifying” and an acknowledgment of the film’s accurate representation of the sound delay post-explosion.

‘Oppenheimer’, a biopic set in World War II, delves into the life of J Robert Oppenheimer, who despite understanding the devastating potential of the atomic bomb, still proceeded with testing. The star-studded cast features Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves, the leader of the Manhattan Project, and Emily Blunt as Katherine Oppenheimer, the physicist’s wife. The film offers a profound exploration of a critical period in history, one marked by significant scientific breakthrough and global turmoil.