Oppenheimer Leaves Out A Dark Truth Of The Manhattan Project That Would Have Changed Nolan’s Movie

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer tells the morally ambiguous story of the scientist’s part in the Manhattan Project, but the film leaves out a dark history that throws off this ambiguity. Oppenheimer is a film of ambitious scope that aims to evaluate the responsibility and legacy of the man behind one of the most transformative and dangerous scientific innovations in history. The film reckons with J. Robert Oppenheimer’s moral failings, his good intentions, and the practical realities of his actions. Some controversy has followed Oppenheimer’s choice not to show Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bombings, but another glaring omission hits closer to home.