Oppenheimer's Christopher Nolan explains why you might struggle to hear his dialogue
Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan has explained why some audience members may struggle to hear the film's dialogue.
The movie, which sees Cillian Murphy take on the titular role of Robert J Oppenheimer, has opened to rave reviews including Digital Spy's 4-star rating, but some fans have complained about the sound quality.
It's not the first time that Nolan's films have received this criticism either, as some viewers also found it difficult to understand the dialogue in Tenet and The Dark Knight, especially Bane's (Tom Hardy) lines.
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However, the decorated filmmaker has revealed that there are a number of reasons for this issue, including his choice of filming equipment.
In an interview with Insider, Nolan explained that he shoots all of his movies with IMAX cameras, which haven't been completely perfected their noise levels yet.
"There are certain mechanical improvements," said Nolan. "And actually, IMAX is building new cameras right now which are going to be even quieter. But the real breakthrough is in software technology that allows you to filter out the camera noise.
"That has improved massively in the 15 or so years that I've been using these cameras. Which opens up for you to do more intimate scenes that you would not have been able to do in the past."
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Nolan also admitted that for Oppenheimer's dialogue-heavy scenes, he refrained from using the 70mm camera, due to it being "noisier than others".
"I like to use the performance that was given in the moment rather than the actor re-voice it later," he concluded. "Which is an artistic choice that some people disagree with, and that's their right."
In terms of Nolan movies worldwide, Oppenheimer currently ranks as his sixth-biggest movie behind Dunkirk ($527 million), Interstellar ($773.4 million), Inception ($870.8 million), The Dark Knight ($1.01 billion) and The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08 billion).
Oppenheimer is out in cinemas now.
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