A REFLECTION OF AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: ANALYSING PERSONAL IDENTITY IN CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S FILM OPPENHEIMER

Abstract

Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan was released by Universal Film in the year 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical thriller film based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the career of Oppenheimer, with the story predominantly focusing on his studies, his direction of the Manhattan Project during World War II, and his eventual fall from grace due to his 1954 security hearing.