Saw Oppenheimer. What a schlep. Could have been brilliant if they took out at least an hour. Someone has to stand up to these men making three hour films. Cut stuff out. The audience won’t miss what they never knew. You don’t have to cover every single second of Oppenheimers life. And if you do want to cover every major base of his story, then handle each sequence with brevity. Get each point across in fewer moments. That’s enough to create narrative threads with emotional and intellectual impact and which can be interwoven for a larger cumulative purpose. It’s possible to create a work of emotional and intellectual grander succintly. It can still simmer with the sensation of a slow burn. Not only does attempting to cover every single interaction Robert Oppenheimer had in his life create tedium and repetition, it diminishes the brilliant bits because you’re art fatigued. They also no longer land in a rhythmically sweet spot. They land within a loose and floppy structure. Tighten your drums. Get those beats landing sharp and snappy.
REVIEW: OPPENHEIMER/BLUR
REVIEW: OPPENHEIMER/BLUR
REVIEW: OPPENHEIMER/BLUR
Saw Oppenheimer. What a schlep. Could have been brilliant if they took out at least an hour. Someone has to stand up to these men making three hour films. Cut stuff out. The audience won’t miss what they never knew. You don’t have to cover every single second of Oppenheimers life. And if you do want to cover every major base of his story, then handle each sequence with brevity. Get each point across in fewer moments. That’s enough to create narrative threads with emotional and intellectual impact and which can be interwoven for a larger cumulative purpose. It’s possible to create a work of emotional and intellectual grander succintly. It can still simmer with the sensation of a slow burn. Not only does attempting to cover every single interaction Robert Oppenheimer had in his life create tedium and repetition, it diminishes the brilliant bits because you’re art fatigued. They also no longer land in a rhythmically sweet spot. They land within a loose and floppy structure. Tighten your drums. Get those beats landing sharp and snappy.