Oppenheimer director reacts after BBC presenter slams film and walks out

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Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan has revealed his "artistic choice" is to blame for audiences struggling to hear the dialogue.The admission comes after BBC newsreader Jane Hill left halfway through the film, complaining she was struggling to hear, reports the Mirror.The big-screen blockbuster - starring Cillian Murphy - explores the story of atomic bomb creator J.

Robert Oppenheimer.Jane revealed she was "disappointed that music and effects often drowned out the actors, I missed chunks of dialogue”.She also said staff informed her: "We have this issue with all Christopher Nolan films.”Fellow fans also claimed they struggled with the sound, she said: “I’m relieved it’s not just me...Yet what madness!

How can you follow a film if you can’t hear the actors!”Now, Nolan has revealed it is his stylistic choice not to follow the standard industry procedure of actors re-recording dialogue in a soundproof booth to be dubbed in the editing stages, preferring to use dialogue recorded during the performance.Nolan – who had Oscar nominations for 2017’s Dunkirk, 2010’s Inception and 2000 hit Memento – told website Insider: “I like to use the performance given in the moment rather than the actor re-voice it later, which is an artistic choice that some people disagree with.”Nolan, 53, also uses IMAX cameras, which he has noted are not fully soundproof, though he credits their “mechanical improvements” to address this.

Meanwhile, things are certainly sound at the box office. Oppenheimer made £33.7million in the UK last month and is one of the highest grossers of the year. Get the latest celebrity gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox.