From the archives: Robert Oppenheimer in 1965 on if the bomb was necessary

The care he takes to answer the questions is one of the most valuable lessons that we could take.

I think the interviewer is very good here. Letting him complete each point without interruption, even with pauses.

I love this. No interrupting like modern interviewers...

You can just feel the weight of the burden that he carried for the rest of his life. He was truly a brilliant, complicated, and tortured man.

Incredible to hear him talk about how the violence in WW2 "had no place in the 20th century". Words of someone who grew up learning of the brutality of the past century and probably thought, before the 1930s, "we as a modern society should be above that". Most of us probably feel like this today....

This is truly fascinating video. Not a man who is evil. Not a serial killer. Just a genius, who unfortunately for him, created the deadliest thing ever made.

Cillian murphy did a phenomenal job matching oppenheimers vocals and facial movements

"I don't want to speak for others... because we're all different" Wow 🙏

This is the way to do an interview. The current day journalists should learn from this.

Honestly, straightforwardness and incredible articulation. No sugarcoating as well. Wish all interviews were more akin to this one.

Christopher Nolan’s film has drawn a lot of people to the story of Oppenheimer. I for one am grateful. I hope this film inspires people to research more & to look the state of affairs today.

You see it in his eyes & hear it in his voice. This man carried an unfathomable load until the end of his life.

I love how he takes the time to answer the questions. You can see his mind working to answer exactly how he means to answer. It's amazing to watch this genius speak and know he means every word he says and yet we can actually understand him.

You can see a thoughtfulness and honesty in his eyes, an actualized man. He is vulnerable in his discourse and willing to say something without spinning his own thoughts to a narrative.

He was in pain. It clearly shows in his eyes.

Let's be real. If not Oppenheimer, it would be another mastermind. Maybe the creation of an atomic bomb wasn't necessary. But it was inevitable.

I love the way this man speaks. His pauses are worth being patient for

It's important to keep in mind that Oppenheimer, knowing just how devastating the atomic bomb would be, genuinely believed that once mankind had seen just how horrific the results were, no one would ever want to build another weapon like it. That the bombs dropped on Japan would be the cautionary warning to humanity that no one else would follow in his footsteps. Of course, he misjudged the US, Soviet, & Chinese desires simply to acquire, and accelerate development of bigger, more powerful weaponry into the Arms Race we know today. He was persecuted by the government, accused of being a spy, a Communist and worse, stripped of his security clearance and publicly humiliated, simply for speaking out against the acceleration of nuclear weapons development. If anything, Oppenheimer is only guilty of giving Mankind the benefit of the doubt.

He is clearly not proud, guy has a soul

Back when we had real journalists and actual news. I love watching interviews from this era. People had interesting things to say and the interviewers asked thoughtful questions.