Bibliograph

Wonders are many, the making of Doctor Atomic, Docurama Films ; Independent Television Service ; Actual Films ; produced, directed and written by Jon Else ; producer, Bonni Cohen

Type

Label

Wonders are many, the making of Doctor Atomic, Docurama Films ; Independent Television Service ; Actual Films ; produced, directed and written by Jon Else ; producer, Bonni Cohen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Wonders are many

Oclc number

262785477

Responsibility statement

Docurama Films ; Independent Television Service ; Actual Films ; produced, directed and written by Jon Else ; producer, Bonni Cohen

Runtime

Sub title

the making of Doctor Atomic

Summary

Tracks the creation of Peter Sellars' and John Adams' 2005 opera about Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, while also exploring the complex birth of nuclear weapons with declassified footage of nuclear testing

Table Of Contents

Beat everyone to death -- Relic in the desert -- An Oppenheimer opera -- Bomb parts -- Detonators -- Wilson's dream -- Bombs and babies -- Plutonium chorus -- Voluptuous Beaudelaire -- Trinity site -- Shouldering the sky -- Batter my heart -- Sound effects -- No stable matter -- Matter -- Another story, another time -- Final countdown

Technique

live action

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Making of Doctor AtomicMaking of Dr. Atomic

Contributor