"Oppenheimer" Questions Human Greatness and Folly

"Sometimes, sound speaks more eloquently than words." This was the thought that crossed my mind immediately after watching Christopher Nolan's latest film, "Oppenheimer."

As a Japanese person, I have learned about the cruelty of atomic bombs and heard countless stories about the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I strongly believe that no matter how difficult the situations the world may face in the future, we must never use weapons of mass destruction again.

However, while watching this movie, I asked myself, "How much do I really know about Robert Oppenheimer or the background of the atomic bomb development before the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?" I knew that great physicists were involved in the Manhattan Project, but I had no further knowledge beyond that.

Let's consider the power of art here. Art has the ability to present the perspectives of those directly involved to those who are not. Novels achieve this through words, while films do so through visuals and sound. In "Oppenheimer," the eerie low frequencies repeated at a higher-than-expected volume and the visual portrayal of madness made me acutely aware of the potential and foolishness that humans possess.

We are living in a world built and destroyed by people who had to live amidst such greatness and folly. "Oppenheimer" penetrates our hearts, conveying the complexity of human nature and the consequences of our actions.