Despite his commercial instinct, Nolan - who shot this historical epic for a 'modest' $ 100 million - realizes better than anyone that cinema is more than a story or text illustration, even if it contains as many menacing explosions as Oppenheimer's. It is initially an immersive experience, sculpting with light in time to be transported to other worlds, milieus and psyche's. And not 21 e century filmmaker from the mainstream who has mastered this art as well as Nolan, who prefers to spread his gravitas on the widest possible canvas, like a kind of Anselm Kiefer from the silver screen.
For those who don't understand: an ingeniously made, compellingly told and meticulously orchestrated spectacle biopic that continues to smolder, even when the mushroom cloud around your head has disappeared.
