Visible crew/equipment: When Oppenheimer and Strauss talk on the lakeshore at the Institute for Advanced Study just after Einstein left, a big stage light is reflected in Strauss' glasses. (00:12:06)
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Oppenheimer (2023)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy
Factual error: When Oppenheimer delivers his lecture in "Dutch" he's actually speaking German. Although in the German dubbed version, the language heard is Dutch.
J. Robert Oppenheimer: They won't fear it until they understand it. And they won't understand it until they've used it. Theory will take you only so far.
Question: Why are most of Robert Downey Jr.'s scenes shown in black and white?
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Answer: The black and white scenes are shown from the perspective of Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.), whereas the scenes in colour are shown from Oppenheimer's perspective.
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