Why Oppenheimer’s Ending Felt So Devastating
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About this video essay:
Exploring the deeper meanings of the ending to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

0:00 Introduction: Troubling Reverberations
1:31 I. The Tragedy of Oppenheimer
2:11 II. Converging Timelines
4:13 III. Character Motivations
5:18 IV. The Great Paradigm Shift
8:54 V. Destroying a World
11:57 VI. Tortured for Eternity
14:09 VII. Beyond Prometheus
18:25 Epilogue: Apocalyptic Filmmaking

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