Oppenheimer is ‘kind of a horror movie’, says Christopher Nolan

next movie Christopher Nolan and successor of tenet (2020), Oppenheimer promises to be “a kind of horror movie,” according to the director himself. The production is scheduled to premiere on July 20, 2023 in Brazilian theaters, the same day as Barbie.

During an interview with the magazine wired, the filmmaker recalled how the first screenings of the film were. This is a common practice in hollywoodwith the aim of testing how the audience reacts to the narrative and then, in some cases, making specific changes.

“Some people walk away from the movie absolutely devastated,” he said. nolan. “They couldn’t talk. I mean, there’s an element of fear present in the story and in the fundamentals. But the love for the characters, the love for the relationships, it’s the strongest I’ve ever done.”

It’s an intense experience because it’s an intense story. I showed it to a filmmaker recently who said it’s kind of a horror movie. I don’t disagree.

Furthermore, the director admitted how he was “relieved to finish” the film because it had such a strong emotional impact for him. “As I started to finish the film, I started to feel this color that is not in my other films, just the darkness. It’s there. The film fights against it,” he explained.