Oppenheimer promises to be the summer bomb! Its remarkable launch, on July 19, was an opportunity for director Christopher Nolan to come back to the creation of his film and his collaboration with the famous watchmaker Hamilton…
“Time has played an important role in many of my films”
With more than 150,000 admissions when it started in France, Oppenheimer had the effect of a real bomb in cinemas. As dark and political as it is sublime and moving, Christopher Nolan’s latest film takes the form of a gigantic, skilfully orchestrated countdown. A theme dear to the director of Interstellar and Tenet.
“Time has played an important role in many of my films, says Christopher Nolan. The passage of time has always been an important subject in my life, it has always fascinated me. I really like stories that play with time and focus on it. In Oppenheimer’s case, the entire film is one big countdown to this world-changing event.”
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From then on, a collaboration with the famous watch brand hamilton seemed more than obvious to him. Appeared in over 500 films since the 1930sand more recently in the latest installment of the saga IndianaJonesthese exceptional watches are the result of close collaboration between the producers and the Hamilton teams.
In the case of Oppenheimer, thanks to extensive research work, collectors were contacted to lend their historic models during the filming!
For Professor Oppenheimer, brilliantly played by Cillian Murphy, three models have been selected. Thus, the Cushion B, the Endicott and the Lexington illustrate the scientific precision of the character, but also the natural elegance of the neat man that Oppenheimer was.
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“We had a great experience with Hamilton in the pastsays the director. In Oppenheimer’s case, it’s really about pursuing history. We wanted to find the Hamilton models of the time, those that the characters would have worn.”
A work of research and gargantuan reconstruction, which allows the small details toOppenheimer to seem larger than life. Other characters wear on the wrist historic watches from Hamilton. Can you spot them?
Oppenheimer is to be discovered today at the cinema.