4.3 out of 5: “Intense and unusual”, one of the best movies of this year is coming to your home very soon

After the cinemas, it is in your living rooms that the Barbenheimer phenomenon will continue. Both released in French cinemas on July 19, Barbie and Oppenheimer will do the same on video. While the release date for the Greta Gerwig film has already been announced, Universal has just announced that DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD editions of the Christopher Nolan feature will also be available on November 22nd. Then in a little over a month.

With 4,431,978 showings in French cinemas as of Sunday 15 October, Oppenheimer is the fourth biggest French box office hit of the year. And the second of his writing career in France, ahead of The Dark Knight Rises, but behind Inception, which should not be beaten.

Still, the performance is exceptional for this three-hour drama centered on the creator of the atomic bomb during World War II, which few people have seen work on this scale in theaters around the world. where it has already grossed $942 million, and its name regularly returns among the favorites for the next Oscar on March 10, 2024.

Which gives you plenty of time to (re)watch Christopher Nolan’s twelfth film. And discover nearly three hours of bonus content that accompanies the various video releases.

• A History of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer
• I am death – The cast, crew and producers join Christopher Nolan to share what they’re excited about for this project.
• the lights – Oppenheimer’s cast members share how they worked to embody their complex characters.
• Manhattan Project – To recreate the historical trinity test, the filmmakers implemented a unique technique to achieve stunning effects without the use of computer graphics.
• The devil is in the details – Discover how production designer Ruth de Jong and her team recreated the entire city of Los Alamos.
• Costumes and makeup – Costume and make-up experts explain how they worked on the film using thousands of costumes and innovative techniques.
• you hear music – Working closely with Christopher Nolan, Ludwig Göransson creates a deeply personal and historical score to accompany the film.
• This miracle is possible – Christopher Nolan’s closest collaborators explain how the visionary director pushed them to surpass themselves and innovate in the field of cinematography.
• Cinematic Innovations: Oppenheimer Filming in 65mm Black and White – FotoKem opens the door to its film laboratories, where new technologies have been invented to use 65mm color and black-and-white film to visualize Oppenheimer’s two timelines while further increasing the format.
• Round Table Press Conference: Oppenheimer – Chuck Todd hosts a roundtable discussion in which Christopher Nolan, author Kai Bird, and physicists Kip Thorne, Tom Mason, and Carlo Rovell reflect on the achievements of science, but also the dangers it can pose, as illustrated by Oppenheimer on screen.
• The End of War: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb – Discover how one man’s stubbornness and the invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war and led to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
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See you in stores in a little over a month. Except for those who now have to pre-order a movie starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, or Matt Damon.