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Oppenheimer released in Japan - whose dumb idea was that?
posted by rooprectSTAFFMOD on March 29, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Are the distributors of Oppenheimer so tone deaf & greedy that they didn't see this coming? How many ticket sales do they really expect to profit from?
At any rate, these interviews confirmed everything I needed to know about this movie. My heart goes out to the Japanese people who have to deal with this stab at a sore wound. The people in the interviews handled it with way more tact than I would've. Imagine if Afghanistan made a film celebrating Osama Bin Laden and released it in New York City.
BBC: Oppenheimer has just been released in Japan - So what do people in Hiroshima think?
Reply by wonder2wonder
on March 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Japan was defeated, occupied, and then politically, economically and socially reformed. Unfortunately, this humbling and humiliating re-education will continue as long as there is 'Pearl Harbor'. Hollywood might even consider a remake of the 2001 movie for its centenary commemoration in 2041. Perhaps the talented Sir Christopher Edward Nolan CBE will be interested in making this into another Award-winning billion dollar documentary film?
Reply by rooprect
on March 29, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Totally... it's like, how much do we have to twist the knife?? We frickin won, so give it a rest already. I think the saddest interview in the article above was the kid saying something like "The movie showed me that the American perspective is that the bomb was a good thing."
Truth be told, I think most Americans do believe the bomb was a good thing, and that it was necessary to "save lives" or whatever propaganda the movie pushes. Welp... I guess the winner always gets to rewrite history.
Coming soon... Sir Nolan's documentary on how "the slaves benefited from slavery" 😬