Oppenheimer: Did you notice that detail that allows the film to be larger than life?

“Time played an important role in many of my films”

With more than 150,000 admissions when it opened in France, Oppenheimer had a real bombshell effect in cinemas. Christopher Nolan’s latest film, as dark and political as it is sublime and thrilling, takes the form of a giant, masterfully orchestrated countdown. A favorite theme for 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 theme 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.”

Since then, cooperation with the famous watch brand Hamilton It seemed more obvious to him. Appeared in more than 500 films since the 1930sAnd recently the latest part of the saga Indiana JonesThese exceptional watches are the result of close collaboration between the manufacturers and the Hamilton teams.

In Oppenheimer’s case, thanks to extensive research work, collectors were contacted to lend their historic models during filming!

Three models were chosen for Professor Oppenheimer, brilliantly played by Cillian Murphy. Thus, Cushion B, Endicott and Lexingt

One reflects the scientific precision of character, but also the natural elegance of Oppenheimer’s orderly man.

“We have had great experience with Hamilton in the past– says the director. In Oppenheimer’s case, it’s really about searching for history. We wanted to find the Hamilton models of the time, the ones the characters wore.“

A work of research and enormous reconstruction that allows for small detailsOppenheimer To appear larger than life. Other characters wear it on their wrists Historic watches from Hamilton. Can you spot them?

Oppenheimer should be found in the cinema today.