Film Oppenheimer

Controversial film about physicist Robert Oppenheimer stirs debate in Japan

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Controversial film about physicist Robert Oppenheimer stirs debate in Japan

The biographical film about the physicist Robert Oppenheimer collected seven statuettes at Sunday’s Oscars after grossing $954 million (22 billion crowns) worldwide. However, the film has not yet been shown in Japan, the only country to have experienced nuclear bombing, the newspaper recalled The Independent. When the United States dropped atomic bombs on the recalcitrant … Read more

Changing Tides at the Oscars: Diversity, Internationalism, and the Evolution of the Academy

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Changing Tides at the Oscars: Diversity, Internationalism, and the Evolution of the Academy

Oscars have long been won by historical and war blockbusters, biographies of dead geniuses, epic musicals and dramas about fundamental social problems such as alcoholism, racism or capitalism. The main statuette of the evening was rarely won by the producers of a comedy, thriller or western. Even in such cases, however, it was usually about … Read more