No, the movie Oppenheimer does not have an intermission despite its 3-hour long runtime. This may require audiences to sit in the theatres for the entire duration.
While watching films at home gives viewers the ability to pause and take breaks if needed, Nolan's film does not afford that luxury because it does not have a built-in intermission for a short break.
The topic has sparked discussion on various social platforms, with one Reddit user initiating a thread questioning "Is there an intermission for Oppenheimer?"
"There haven't been intermission in decades. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was notoriously long. Not of them had it. Neither did Titanic," a Reddit user replied.
"No. If you can't deal with it you will just have to wait until it's streaming," another user pinned.
"Another thing people fail to understand is that intermission used to be because they needed to switch the film roll, not because the movie was too long," the user further explained.
However, this might leave some concerned that they might need to take a bathroom break at some point.
Taking a bathroom break during the movie depends solely on an individual's bladder capacity and how long they believe they can hold it.
But due to the non-linear storyline and the ways the filmmaker delivers various pieces of information, there aren't a lot of needless elements included in Oppenheimer.
Much of the film is dialogue driven and incorporates key conversations that viewers do not wish to miss to get the full picture.
It is not until the final preparations for the bomb test that the film provides more of a montage-style sequence. Oppenheimer and everyone else at the Manhattan Project are shown occupied with other tasks.
There is not a lot of dialogue or new details, meaning this marks a good opportunity for a short break if one is absolutely necessary.
Fans also ask if Oppenheimer has trailers before the movie. Well, the ticket holders were previously warned to arrive early at the theatre as there will be limited or no trailers before the movie starts.
Oppenheimer has been shot by Nolan on a 70mm film chosen peculiarly for IMAX screens.
The size of the film print requires IMAX theatres to switch film projectors between the trailers and the featured presentation.
It is believed that most IMAX screenings will not mind showing trailers in a digital format before switching projectors. Non-IMAX theatres are likely to continue showing trailers.
"The POSSIBILITY of theatres playing trailers in DIGITAL is there. But it's very unlikely that every theatre will do that then switch to their film projectors for the feature presentation," a user tweeted.
“Just watched 70MM #Oppenheimer which I highly recommend watching it in that format. Just remember this is film so the movie starts within 10 minutes just 2 trailers no ads," another added.
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