Why Oppenheimer’s Ending Felt So Devastating

SATANTANGO is now streaming on MUBI in the US, Canada, Belgium and Luxembourg Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Watch my full Oppenheimer discussion with Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Ycc4HVqhM Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: Exploring the deeper meanings of the ending to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer 0:00 Introduction: Troubling Reverberations 1:31 I. The Tragedy of Oppenheimer 2:11 II. Converging Timelines 4:13 III. Character Motivations 5:18 IV. The Great Paradigm Shift 8:54 V. Destroying a World 11:57 VI. Tortured for Eternity 14:09 VII. Beyond Prometheus 18:25 Epilogue: Apocalyptic Filmmaking Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252