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Jacob Walters

Jacob Walters
Ph.D. Candidate in History at Cornell University
Film & Performing Arts

Dark Matter: Oppenheimer’s American Sublime

Christopher Nolan limns the limits of what cinema can reveal

September 19, 2023 • by Jacob Walters
Nolan’s version of Oppenheimer fits right in: an aloof scientist tormented by the majesty of the unseen. ...

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