Director Christopher Nolan, who directed the highest-grossing biopic in history, “Oppenheimer,” admitted that he finds the biopic genre “useless.” writes about this Independent Wire.
The director explained that he did not consider the film about Oppenheimer to be a biographical film because it covers only a certain part of the life of the inventor of the atomic bomb. According to Nolan, the movie in which he stars with Cillian Murphy is more similar in genre to a legal drama or heist movie.
“This is where the concept of the biopic completely fails you as a genre. This is kind of useless. I love working in useful genres,” Nolan said.
The filmmaker believes that all truly great biopics transcend stereotypes and are viewed by the public as works in more specific genres.
Oppenheimer grossed $912 million worldwide on September 18, becoming the highest-grossing biopic in history. Christopher Nolan’s biopic surpassed Freddie Mercury’s biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
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