Nuclear physicist and the inventor of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer famously said, "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds," as he saw the first use of the weapon of mass destruction.
In a frightening first teaser for Christopher Nolan's newest film Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy demonstrates how that blast very well may have devastated the globe.
In the film version of Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin's Pulitzer Prize–winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Murphy portrays the title scientist.
In the film version of Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin's Pulitzer Prize–winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Murphy portrays the title scientist.
Oppenheimer is first depicted in the teaser as a damaged individual whose imperfections are overlooked in favour of his genius.
When reluctantly requested to contribute to the conclusion of the Second World War, he cites one possible solution: a nuclear weapon constructed covertly in the desert with the devastation capacity to deter anyone from engaging in further combat.
He watches the large-scale bomb's construction while listening to a melancholy musical accompaniment, seeing a pillar of fire engulfing their adversaries and quickly putting an end to the conflict.
The main objection he encounters from superiors is that there is a non-zero risk that the detonation will not only wipe out the United States' adversaries but also the entire world by destroying the environment.
As the launch draws closer and the disastrous repercussions become more apparent, a countdown counts down while the music gradually gets louder.