James Cameron has a criticism of a fellow Hollywood director – Christopher Nolan – on one of his recent films.
James, who has directed Avatar, Titanic, and other blockbusters, shared that he did not love that, in 2023′s Oppenheimer, Nolan seemed to dodge the subject of how the nuclear bombs impacted those on the ground.
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James said, “…it’s interesting what he stayed away from. Look, I love the filmmaking, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop out.”
He continued, “Because it’s not like Oppenheimer didn’t know the effects. He’s got one brief scene in the film where we see — and I don’t like to criticize another filmmaker’s film – but there’s only one brief moment where he sees some charred bodies in the audience and then the film goes on to show how it deeply moved him. But I felt that it dodged the subject. I don’t know whether the studio or Chris felt that that was a third rail that they didn’t want to touch, but I want to go straight at the third rail. I’m just stupid that way.”
Deadline then responded, “Nolan answered that criticism by basically saying, ‘I hope somebody tells that story, but to me, this wasn’t that story.’ It might take another heavyweight like James Cameron to do that…”
James then responded, “Okay, I’ll put up my hand. I’ll do it, Chris. No problem. You come to my premiere and say nice things…I can’t tell you today what’s going to be in the movie. I’ve been making notes for 15 years and I haven’t written a word of the script yet because there’s a point where it’s all there and then you start to write. That’s how I always work. I explore around, I remember the things that impact me. I start to assemble ’em into a narrative. And then there’s a moment where you’re ready to write. And I’m not in that head space right now.”
