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The Guardian
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
James Cameron calls Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer a ‘moral cop-out'
James Cameron has described Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's multi-Oscar-winning 2023 biopic about the atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer, a 'moral cop-out'. Speaking to Deadline about his forthcoming project Ghosts of Hiroshima, about the effects of the bomb in that city, Cameron said he disagreed with Nolan's narrative choices. 'It's interesting what he stayed away from,' said Cameron. 'Look, I love the film-making, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop-out.' In Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as the scientist who led the development and design of the atomic bomb during the second world war. The film covers its inception, testing and deployment in Japan in 1945, when the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the deaths of as many as a quarter of a million people by the end of that year – as well as hastening the end of the conflict. The film depicts Oppenheimer after the war as increasingly wracked by the legacy of his invention, and haunted by images of suffering. However, Cameron said he was among those viewers who felt the film did not go far enough in depicting the immediate aftermath of the attacks. 'It's not like Oppenheimer didn't know the effects,' he said. 'I don't like to criticise another film-maker's film, but there's only one brief moment where he sees some charred bodies in the audience, and then the film goes on to show how it deeply moved him. 'But I felt that it dodged the subject. I don't know whether the studio or Chris felt that that was a third rail that they didn't want to touch, but I want to go straight at the third rail. I'm just stupid that way.' Oppenheimer was released in 2023 and won Oscars for best picture, director, leading actor (for Murphy), supporting actor (for Robert Downey Jr), and three others. It also made $975m (£720m) at the box office. At the time of its release, Nolan responded to criticism similar to that put forward by Cameron by explaining he wanted to represent Oppenheimer's subjective experience. 'It was always my intention to rigidly stick to that,' he told Variety. 'Oppenheimer heard about the bombing at the same time that the rest of the world did. 'I wanted to show somebody who is starting to gain a clearer picture of the unintended consequences of his actions. It was as much about what I don't show as what I show.' Sign up to Film Weekly Take a front seat at the cinema with our weekly email filled with all the latest news and all the movie action that matters after newsletter promotion Deadline's Mike Fleming put a rhetorical rebuttal to Cameron, saying Nolan may have reasoned a different film-maker would tell the story of the victims of the bombings in Japan. 'Okay, I'll put up my hand,' said Cameron. 'I'll do it, Chris. No problem. You come to my premiere and say nice things.' Cameron's film, which has not yet begun formal production, will be an adaptation of Charles Pellegrino's forthcoming nonfiction book Ghosts of Hiroshima, which brings together testimonies from victims and survivors of the attacks. Before then he will release the latest Avatar film, Fire and Ash. His first entry in that franchise is the highest-grossing film of all time, while the sequel is the third. Avengers: Endgame is the second highest-grossing film, but Cameron's 1997 disaster movie Titanic is the fourth.
The Guardian
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
James Cameron calls Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer a ‘moral cop-out'
James Cameron has described Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's multi-Oscar-winning 2023 biopic about the atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer, a 'moral cop-out'. Speaking to Deadline about his forthcoming project Ghosts of Hiroshima, about the effects of the bomb in that city, Cameron said he disagreed with Nolan's narrative choices. 'It's interesting what he stayed away from,' said Cameron. 'Look, I love the film-making, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop-out.' In Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as the scientist who led the development and design of the atomic bomb during the second world war. The film covers its inception, testing and deployment in Japan in 1945, when the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the deaths of as many as a quarter of a million people by the end of that year – as well as hastening the end of the conflict. The film depicts Oppenheimer after the war as increasingly wracked by the legacy of his invention, and haunted by images of suffering. However, Cameron said he was among those viewers who felt the film did not go far enough in depicting the immediate aftermath of the attacks. 'It's not like Oppenheimer didn't know the effects,' he said. 'I don't like to criticise another film-maker's film, but there's only one brief moment where he sees some charred bodies in the audience, and then the film goes on to show how it deeply moved him. 'But I felt that it dodged the subject. I don't know whether the studio or Chris felt that that was a third rail that they didn't want to touch, but I want to go straight at the third rail. I'm just stupid that way.' Oppenheimer was released in 2023 and won Oscars for best picture, director, leading actor (for Murphy), supporting actor (for Robert Downey Jr), and three others. It also made $975m (£720m) at the box office. At the time of its release, Nolan responded to criticism similar to that put forward by Cameron by explaining he wanted to represent Oppenheimer's subjective experience. 'It was always my intention to rigidly stick to that,' he told Variety. 'Oppenheimer heard about the bombing at the same time that the rest of the world did. 'I wanted to show somebody who is starting to gain a clearer picture of the unintended consequences of his actions. It was as much about what I don't show as what I show.' Sign up to Film Weekly Take a front seat at the cinema with our weekly email filled with all the latest news and all the movie action that matters after newsletter promotion Deadline's Mike Fleming put a rhetorical rebuttal to Cameron, saying Nolan may have reasoned a different film-maker would tell the story of the victims of the bombings in Japan. 'Okay, I'll put up my hand,' said Cameron. 'I'll do it, Chris. No problem. You come to my premiere and say nice things.' Cameron's film, which has not yet begun formal production, will be an adaptation of Charles Pellegrino's forthcoming nonfiction book Ghosts of Hiroshima, which brings together testimonies from victims and survivors of the attacks. Before then he will release the latest Avatar film, Fire and Ash. His first entry in that franchise is the highest-grossing film of all time, while the sequel is the third. Avengers: Endgame is the second highest-grossing film, but Cameron's 1997 disaster movie Titanic is the fourth.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jana Kramer faces 'a lot of pressure' to provide for her family
Jana Kramer has accepted jobs that challenge her "moral compass". The 41-year-old star has to pay child support cheques to ex-husband Mike Caussin, and Jana admits that financial pressures have influenced some of her career decisions. Jana - who has Jolie, nine, and Jace, six, with Mike, as well as Roman, 19 months, with current husband Allan Russell - told Fox News Digital: "There's definitely some things, some ads that I'm like, 'Oh, I wish I could have gone back and maybe not done that ad,' but you know, you learn and you go back and you go, 'All right, I'm not gonna do that one again,' you know? "So sometimes when you gotta pay that child support cheque, it's just like, 'Well, this is a good cheque money. I'm gonna take this.'" Asked if she was referring to a commercial in which she promoted a sex toy, Jana replied: "It's OK, honestly it is what it is. "I'm not gonna do it again, like you know what I mean? Like I'm like, OK, I'm good now, like, you know? Like we're good, we're levelling up to a different [place], you know?" Jana has occasionally comprised her values because she needs to provide for her family. She said: "I am a sole provider, where I have a lot of pressure on my shoulders to provide for my kids. And so I think that piece of it sometimes outweighs my moral compass." Jana is best known for playing Alex Dupre on One Tree Hill. And the actress - who starred on the TV show between 2009 and 2012 - previously revealed that she's eager to star in a reboot. She told TooFab in 2024: "I definitely talked to Sophia [Bush, her former co-star] about it and it's one of those things where she's kind of getting a temperature check on who would come back." Jana is a fan of reboots and she's keen to see what the show's characters are up to now. She shared: "I love when shows get rebooted and they bring back old characters because I like to see what they're up to. "I understand if they don't. I understand why some actors don't want to come back to a show that's been done, and they have closed that chapter. But for the viewers and the fans, I want to know what they're up to, what they're doing."
Fox News
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
James Cameron slams 'Oppenheimer' avoiding aftermath of atomic bombings on Japan as 'moral cop-out'
Prolific filmmaker James Cameron called the movie "Oppenheimer" a "moral cop-out" because it did not show the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Yeah, it's interesting what he stayed away from. Look, I love the filmmaking, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop-out," Cameron said in an interview with Deadline. Cameron, best known for "Titanic," "The Terminator," and "Avatar," is currently developing a film called "Ghosts of Hiroshima," to depict the devastation of J. Robert Oppenheimer's nuclear weapon that struck Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. While discussing his new project, Cameron criticized "Oppenheimer" director Christopher Nolan's creative choice to leave out the effects of the bombing of Hiroshima. Deadline added that in Cameron's view, "the choice to keep 'Oppenheimer' locked within its protagonist's perspective was a misstep, and one that, he suggests, sidesteps the full weight of the bomb's real-world consequences." "Because it's not like Oppenheimer didn't know the effects. He's got one brief scene in the film where we see — and I don't like to criticize another filmmaker's film – but there's only one brief moment where he sees some charred bodies in the audience, and then the film goes on to show how it deeply moved him," Cameron said. "But I felt that it dodged the subject. I don't know whether the studio or Chris felt that that was a third rail that they didn't want to touch, but I want to go straight at the third rail." Nolan had previously addressed criticism of his decision not to show the Hiroshima bombing in 2023, the year the film was released. "The film presents Oppenheimer's experience subjectively," Nolan said. "It was always my intention to rigidly stick to that. Oppenheimer heard about the bombing at the same time that the rest of the world did. I wanted to show somebody who is starting to gain a clearer picture of the unintended consequences of his actions. It was as much about what I don't show as what I show." Spike Lee also criticized the decision, saying, "If it's three hours, I would like to add some more minutes about what happened to the Japanese people. People got vaporized. Many years later, people are radioactive." "Oppenheimer" earned 13 Academy Award nominations, making it one of the most-nominated movies in Oscars history. Universal's World War II biopic was also the third highest-grossing movie of 2023, earning $951 million. It was part of a summer phenomenon called "Barbenheimer," which refers to theatergoers who opted to see both the deadly serious "Oppenheimer" and the more bubbly "Barbie" movie after both films were released in July. "Ghosts of Hiroshima" does not have a set release date yet. Nolan and Cameron did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment in time for comment.
Irish Times
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Censorship was comical
Sir,– I was eight years old and it was 1954. The year that Seán Ó Faoláin was commenting on the powers that were and their criticism of crossroads dancing, V-necks, silk stockings and late dances. To this list of debauchery was added mixed bathing and advertisements for female underwear. And either close dancing or bikinis was a passport to hell. One Sunday my mother arrived home from first Mass, in Lacken, with news. READ MORE The curate, in a stentorian voice, had warned the congregation against 'turning over the pages of the rags of Fleet Street'. Despite her less than perfect eyesight my poor mother managed to decipher the small print on the back pages of my Beano and Dandy which showed that they were printed at DC Thompson's outpost in Fleet Street. Dennis the Menace and The Bash Street Kids weren't actually banned from the house but my father reckoned it was 'the thin end of the wedge'. My parents were unanimous in their belief that the relatively young curate was well qualified to set the moral compass for the youth of west Wicklow. And why wouldn't he; wasn't his father a guard in Bray? – Yours, etc, MATTIE LENNON, Blessington, Co Wicklow.
