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VOX POPULI: Animated documentaries can still deliver a powerful punch
What is realism in cinema? I have continued to wonder since I saw “Oppenheimer,” a biopic of the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), who developed nuclear weapons.
The film perfectly portrays the protagonist’s egotism and moral conflicts. But not a scene is shown of the nuclear devastation unleashed upon Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
I am disappointed by the omission of this “reality.” Still, I believe “Oppenheimer” is an anti-war film.
A film depicting the horrors of war may be narrative-oriented, which is the case........
© The Asahi Shimbun
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