You were named back in 2015 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine. Then the likes of steven spielberg, denis villeneuve, Martin Scorsese all praising your film making. Without embarrassing you, how do you do it . Gosh, thats a. Thats a long list of accolades some deserved, some probably not. Um. How do i do it . I just love making films. I started making films when i was a kid. I borrowed my dads super 8 camera, started making super 8 films when i was seven or eight years old and ive never stopped. Itsjust something i love doing and i feel very fortunate and privileged to be able to work with a team of really, really talented people on each film. In the case of oppenheimer, this Incredible Cast that, you know, youve already mentioned, cillian and emily, but also, you know, Robert Downeer and matt damon and ken branagh you know, a very, very long list. Florence pugh and many others. Um. For me, how i do it is to bring together talented people like that
let s talk about that. i mean, you have played with concepts of physics in some of your films already. i d say interstellar, about time and gravity. clearly, as far as oppenheimer goes, the atom bomb is the ultimate and most awful human expression of physics. did your interest in physics lead you to the man, or did the human story of the man come first for you? i mean, really, well, it s a bit of both. i knew the name oppenheimer, like a lot of people. i knew that he was strongly involved, very much associated with the atomic bomb, father of the atomic bomb. and i knew that something else there was more to the story, i put it that way. and like a lot of people, that was about all i knew. and then, over the years, partly with my interest in physics, i did find out a few more things. one key thing in particular that i put into tenet in dialogue,
of really, really talented people on each film. in the case of oppenheimer, this incredible cast that, you know, you ve already mentioned, cillian and emily, but also, you know, robert downeer and matt damon and ken branagh there s a very, very long list, florence pugh and many others. for me, how i do it is to bring together talented people like that and in the service of making films that i would have wanted to see as an audience member, you know, i view myself as the audience not, it s not a sort of us and them thing. i make the films that i would really want to, you know, go to the cinema and sit down and my popcorn and watch the film. i ve seen oppenheimer. many people will be about to see oppenheimer when it premieres this week, after it premieres this week. let s talk about that. i mean, you have played with concepts of physics in some of your films already. i d say interstellar, about time and gravity. clearly, as far as oppenheimer goes, the atom bomb is the ultimate and m
with concepts of physics in some of your films already. i d say interstellar, about time and gravity. clearly, as far as oppenheimer goes, the atom bomb is the ultimate and most awful human expression of physics. did your interest in physics lead you to the man, or did the human story of the man come first for you? i mean, really, well, it s a bit of both. i knew the name oppenheimer, like a lot of people. i knew that he was strongly involved, very much associated with the atomic bomb, father of the atomic bomb. and i knew that something else there was more to the story, i put it that way. and like a lot of people, that was about all i knew. and then, over the years, partly with my interest in physics, i did find out a few more things. one key thing in particular that i put into tenet in dialogue, as a sort of analogy and a reference to to help people understand some of the plot that was going on. and it s this moment where the lead