Calling "" a great film, veteran filmmaker said it would have been better if its director Christopher Nolan had showed the impact of the nuclear bombs on the Japanese people during World War II.
Fronted by Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer" is a 180-minute-long sprawling biographical drama on the titular American theoretical physicist, which was released in theatres on July 21. It has emerged as one of the biggest grossing films of the year.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Lee said what he said about the film was "not criticism", but a comment.
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"People got vaporized. Many years later, people are radioactive. It바카라™s not like he didn바카라™t have power. He tells studios what to do. I would have loved to have the end of the film maybe show what it did, dropping those two nuclear bombs on Japan," the Oscar winner told the publication.
Lee also shared he showed Nolan바카라™s World War II epic "Dunkirk" in his New York University film class.
"Understand, this is all love. And I bet (Nolan) could tell me some things he would change about 바카라˜Do the Right Thing바카라™ and 바카라˜Malcolm X바카라™," he added.
In the same interview, the director also praised Martin Scorsese for his latest directorial venture "Killers of the Flower Moon".
"That바카라™s my guy... it바카라™s a great film," he said.
Lee, also an Academy member, said the film바카라™s breakout star Lily Gladstone could become the first Native American actress to win a lead actress Oscar.
"Lily Gladstone, she바카라™s winning an Oscar. She바카라™s got my vote," he added.
