Cheyenne Martin

Aug 26, 2023 | georgetownvoice.com | Sofia Kemeny |Cheyenne Martin |Dajour Evans |Andrew Gutman

“Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.” Against a backdrop of roaring fire, the epigraph that opens Oppenheimer (2023) foreshadows the intense, apocalyptic nature of the film. It is unlike anything we have seen in recent cinema, emanating a heightened sense of violent tension without any of the graphic violence typical of a war film.