History · · C.B. Greenberg
Oppenheimer In Book and Video
The Manhattan Project … led to the construction of three atomic bombs, all of which worked as planned. There were only three.
The new film entitled “Oppenheimer” premiered on July 11 of this year at Le Grand Rex in Paris. With the strong PR push accompanying its public arrival everywhere, its story is suddenly “in,” with producer ambitions to make the film a long-running tour de force on the public stage of entertainment. Let me start by saying that I am always skeptical of the popular film genre relative to the deeply researched and well referenced non-fiction resource book. Unadorned adherence to fact is often the distinguishing issue for the book. I do not know whether my skepticism is deserved in this case, but I want to tell you about two outstanding and important books on the subject, and a 56-minute-long documentary video from 1995 done by Arthur McCaig. The eponymous Robert Oppenheimer led the Manh…