There isn't as much in common between Oppenheimer and The Monuments Men as might initially be expected, if one expected that Oppenheimer was a World War II movie. But looking at them through the generational story model shows some of what works for one and not for the other.

The Monuments Men

The Battle of Monte Cassino

The Madonna of Bruges

The Ghent Altarpiece

 

Oppenheimer

USS Indianapolis

Lewis Strauss

The Day After Trinity - 1981 documentary about Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb - about 40 years ago, itself about 35 years after Trinity, at a time when the Cold War had raised concerns about nuclear weapons. Temporarily available through Criterion