James Cameron Criticizes Christopher Nolan & Oppenheimer’s ‘Moral Cop-Out’

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James Cameron still has plans on directing a movie based on the 2010 novel The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Lost Book, and recently opened up about why he feels like Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer was a bit disingenuous.

What did James Cameron say about Oppenheimer?

Speaking to Deadline in a recent interview, Cameron was asked about Oppenheimer’s success, and if he thinks people are interested in the subject matter of the atomic bomb. Cameron said he loved the filmmaking of Oppenheimer, but did feel like the movie was “a bit of a moral cop out” due to how it depicted Robert J. Oppenheimer’s reaction to and knowledge of the effects of a nuclear weapon.

“Yeah…it’s interesting what he stayed away from. Look, I love the filmmaking, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop out,” said Cameron. “Because it’s not like Oppenheimer didn’t know the effects. He’s got one brief scene in the film where we see — and I don’t like to criticize another filmmaker’s film – but there’s only one brief moment where he sees some charred bodies in the audience and then the film goes on to show how it deeply moved him. But I felt that it dodged the subject. I don’t know whether the studio or Chris felt that that was a third rail that they didn’t want to touch, but I want to go straight at the third rail. I’m just stupid that way.”

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Cameron was then informed of Nolan’s comments on the matter, and how he said that Oppenheimer wasn’t the place for that story. The legendary director then said he would be the one to do it, but noted that the script for the movie hasn’t even been written yet.

“Okay, I’ll put up my hand. I’ll do it, Chris. No problem. You come to my premiere and say nice things…I can’t tell you today what’s going to be in the movie,” Cameron said. “I’ve been making notes for 15 years and I haven’t written a word of the script yet because there’s a point where it’s all there and then you start to write. That’s how I always work. I explore around, I remember the things that impact me. I start to assemble ’em into a narrative. And then there’s a moment where you’re ready to write. And I’m not in that head space right now.”

Cameron has been working on Ghosts of Hiroshima for some time

Cameron’s connection to a film adaptation of the book has been a long one. More than 10 years ago, in 2010, Cameron optioned the rights to make a film based on the boo by Charles R. Pellegrino. Cameron said he hoped to film the movie prior to directing Avatar 4. However, that film has already been partially filmed, with the rest to commence sometime after Avatar: Fire and Ash releases in December.

The novel documents life in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the times preceding, during, and following the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Japan by the United States. The story mainly focuses on various survivors of the bombings, including Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person who has been verified to have survived the impact of both attacks.

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