Christopher Nolan has put a lot of care into the "Oppenheimer" Blu-ray release.

Christopher Nolan took a playful swipe at streaming while introducing a Los Angeles screening of “Oppenheimer” that was devoted to spotlighting the film’s craft. Crew members reunited for the event Monday evening, billed as “The Story of Our Time: The Making of ‘Oppenheimer.'” The director said a lot of time and energy has gone into assembling the “Oppenheimer” Blu-ray so that it preserves the film’s soundscape, which is one reason moviegoers should buy a physical copy as opposed to waiting for the movie to stream.

“Obviously ‘Oppenheimer’ has been quite a ride for us and now it is time for me to release a home version of the film. I’ve been working very hard on it for months,” Nolan said. “I’m known for my love of theatrical and put my whole life into that, but, the truth is, the way the film goes out at home is equally important.”

“‘The Dark Knight’ was one of the first films where we formatted it specially for Blu-ray release because it was a new form at the time,” he continued. “And in the case of ‘Oppenheimer,’ we put a lot of care and attention into the Blu-ray version… and trying to translate the photography and the sound, putting that into the digital realm with a version you can buy and own at home and put on a shelf so no evil streaming service can come steal it from you.”

Release date: 22nd November 2023

Tech specs: Blu-ray.com

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    Nolan is the one that mixes his more for top of the line cinema which means most viewers can barely hear dialog…

    So I wonder if his Blu ray sound mix is going to be shit unless you have a crazy home theater set up

    • edric@lemm.ee
      32·
      1 year ago

      Yep most likely. “Preserve the soundscape” for him just means it’s gonna sound bad on a typical tv speaker, soundbar, or 2.1 system that most people have at home. Maybe if you have a center channel, you’ll still have a chance to hear the dialogue without getting your ears blasted by the soundtrack or an explosion.

      • snooggums@kbin.social
        161·
        1 year ago

        “Fuck the people who buy my movies without first buying 10k home theater setups”

        -Christopher Nolan

      • TastyWheat@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

        I hope the mix is better than Tenet. I haven’t seen Oppenheimer yet, but I’ll be picking up the 4K next week.

        I’ve got a 5.1.2 system and with Tenet I could still barely hear wtf was going on.

    • Visstix@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      He also put really loud droning music under dialogue to make sure you can’t understand what they are saying.

    • aubertlone@lemmy.world
      512·
      1 year ago

      The dialogue people keep complaining about not being able to hear was never meant to be able to be heard.

      The mixing is not great in many situations. But that is not to say most viewers can barely hear dialogue…

      Yes, in the parts of the movies where you’re not really meant to hear the dialogue it does sound a lot like mumbling

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
    43·
    1 year ago

    Christopher Nolan says buy ‘Oppenheimer’ on Blu-ray “because I get paid more from a Blu-ray sale than a stream view.” /cynical

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Christopher “we don’t provide mixes for substandard audio setups” Nolan puts a lot of effort into home releases?

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
    8·
    1 year ago

    If he’s having trouble with getting the sound right for the home market, he should find a ‘loudness’ switch on any stereo system from the '80s. Does the trick.

    • 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org
      5·
      1 year ago

      I think a big part of the issue is that people don’t have home stereos like they did in the 80s. It’s hard to mix sound so that it sounds good on flatscreen TV speakers and $80 wal-mart sound bars.

      • Patch@feddit.uk
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’ve got a pretty good sound bar with separate subwoofer. It’s about as good an audio setup as any non-audiophile is likely to have. And you know what? Blockbuster movies still sound awful on it.

        I love Interstellar to bits- it’s one of my favourite films, and I’ve watched it at home several times. But the sound mix on it is just dire; dialogue that you can’t hear over background wind-rustling-in-trees sound effects, crescendo music so loud that it wakes the neighbours, scenes which oscillate from whisper-quiet to shake-the-masonry and back again within minutes.

        There’s no excuse for that; it’s just bad mixing.

  • Treczoks@feddit.uk
    61·
    1 year ago

    Any idea when it will be released? It is a wonderful movie, although I seriously doubt my TV will be able to provide the room-shaking experience that we had in the cinema…