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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

On the one hand, yes, it's different people. That said, this particular movie specifically chose to hide the damage to victims and solely focus on the emotions of the man who enabled the tragedy. I'm all for stories of people trying to redeem themselves, but deliberately ignoring the victims was a bad choice, imo.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

One gripe I have with the film is that none of it focuses on the poor, mostly Hispanic, population that lived in New Mexico at the time. These people had their land taken from them (their sole source of generational wealth) and died of horrific cancers post-tests. I think most of history just pretends nobody lived out there.

Here's just one article about it

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Really?

...Shit, I guess I need to actually see this film before I talk about it. I assumed it was mere Oscar-bait and just absorbed information about it osmotically. I wasn't even mad at them, just thought oh, they found a guy who looks exactly like David Byrne, of course they wanted him for their Oscar bait film.

Those are not the choices I would have made if I was telling a story about the guy who built the bomb. I would have probably drawn a lot more from sources like Barefoot Gen, myself.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they found a guy who looks exactly like David Byrne

You may ask yourself
Why the big bomb?