Nolan's entire film is built like a nuclear chain reaction—each decision triggers the next, with the beginning, middle, and end of Oppenheimer's life detonating in tandem. The audience experiences his existence not as a linear arc but as a 'giant explosion of causality,' making the movie's form embody its subject: a man whose choices irradiated his own timeline.
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