Christopher Nolan is one of those filmmakers with the mindset of doing as much as possible without needing to rely on CGI. He filmed Interstellar without green screen, used some old school tricks in the making of Dunkirk, and flipped an 18-wheeler end-over-end for one of The Dark Knight’s most iconic scenes. But, all of those pale in comparison to what Nolan was able to pull off with his latest feature, Oppenheimer.
For those who have seen the movie, which is a lot of people considering the film’s impressive opening weekend, there’s a good chance you’re thinking about one scene from the J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic: the Trinity test. And while Nolan didn’t set off an actual atomic bomb for the sake of cinema, the crafty auteur was able to film the beautiful and terrifying sequence using practical effects. Here’s how…
