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Stegiel's avatar

And a Red.

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John Horwitz's avatar

Not having seen the film I can only imagine it being what Hollywood thinks of when someone says 'Good Cinema'. With vivid color and a smattering of historical truth it was the only possible competitor to Barbie, and a good counterpoint to the less serious Summer films we usually see.

A few years ago, Robert McNamara admitted that the US role in Vietnam was a grim mistake. I think it a matter of conscience that his confession, which was meant to soothe others did little to nothing for many of us whose lives, friends and family were touched by that war.

I met Oppenheimer in his decline, a tall sickly man whose remorse was equally genuine and as mentally crippling as McNamaras'. Last year I read the FBI file on Oppenheimer - more than ninety pages. It showed a moral conflict few could ever imagine.

We could argue that mental instability came from or was caused by what he did, either is possible, but not incompetence...

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