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In Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan holds a mirror up not only to J. Robert Oppenheimer but also to history itself and to the entirety of humanity, which was given the gift of mass destruction just as humanity in ancient Greek mythology was given the gift of fire by Prometheus. Both history and humanity have accepted the gift, celebrated it, and wielded it against their fellow men. The final outcome is yet to be written.

Christopher Nolan Holds Up A Mirror to Oppenheimer, History, and Humanity
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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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