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The Next Best Picture Podcast

A Behind The Scenes Look At "Oppenheimer"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

"Oppenheimer" has been the toast of the 2023-2024 awards season, receiving a leading total of thirteen Academy Award nominations and winning (as of this writing) the Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture. Christopher Nolan's latest masterpiece is a technical behemoth where every department worked at the top of their game to bring J. Robert Oppenheimer's story to life on the largest scale possible, impressively shot in IMAX. The Next Best Picture team was fortunate to speak with many of the Oscar-nominated craft members throughout this awards season. First, we have my interview with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, followed by Brendan Hodges' interview with the film's editor, Jennifer Lame, and sound designer, Richard King. Then we have Will Mavity's interview with makeup and hairstylist Luisa Abel. We then go back to Brendan for his talk with production designer Ruth De Jong, and we finally end with Will again speaking with costume designer Ellen Mirojnick. Each has a story to tell; each gave this movie everything they had. We hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the film, which is now available to stream on Peacock and is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at this year's Academy Awards. Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You were listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the cinematographer for Oppenheimer, Hoytah, then Hoytima, followed by Brendan Hodges' interview with the film's editor, Jennifer Lane, and the sound designer Richard King.

0:14.5

Then we have Will Mavity's interview with the makeup and hairstylist Louisa Abel. Then we go back to Brendan for his talk with production designer Roof Day Young.

0:22.1

And then we end with Will Mavity again, speaking with costume designer Ellen Nirozinnik.

0:27.3

All of them are nominated for Academy Awards this year for Oppenheimer.

0:31.6

We hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look, Christopher Nolan's film.

0:35.6

This is a national emergency.

0:40.1

Didn't need a charge.

0:52.0

All right, I'm being joined right now by Academy Award nominee, Hoyt van Hoitma, the cinematographer for many, many directors out there, particularly Christopher

0:56.0

Nolan. His latest work on Oppenheimer has been gaining all kinds of accolades, including

1:00.2

the New York Film Critics Circle Award, which you are receiving actually this evening, sir.

1:06.2

Yeah. Thank you so much for taking the time to be here with me. No, thank you.

1:11.5

My pleasure.

1:16.4

Yeah, so I want to know first and foremost, you find out you're going to have to develop black and white, IMAX film stock for this movie.

1:20.9

What does that conversation look like?

1:23.2

How does one actually go about developing that and who do you call and what does that entail?

1:30.3

Well, you know, I mean, it's a conversation I think that involves for me. It involves always a lot

1:36.2

more people because having somebody manufactures stock, that's one thing, but the stock has to be

1:43.2

developed, you know, the stock has to be developed you know the stock has to run

1:46.0

through cameras as well so so so it is of course a you know a venture that that entails a little

1:53.5

bit more parties you know so so you know I talked a lot with Andrew Or, at PhotoCamp, you know, our film lab in Los Angeles.

2:05.7

I talked to Panavision, you know, the people that provided the cameras.

2:09.3

I talked to David Keely.

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