[martius]

Nolan not using CGI is like Tom Cruise doing Mission: Impossible stunts himself. These affirmations are ambiguous and misleading.

In the case of Oppenheimer (and other Nolan movies) they use a lot of practical effects but they are eventually digitally composited, color corrected and edited.

> The director was not attempting to claim that there was no CGI in Oppenheimer at all. He was instead stating that there are no shots in the movie that were entirely created using visual effects.

see https://screenrant.com/how-much-oppenheimer-real-cgi/

[freediverx]

There’s a big difference between digital video editing and compositing vs creating completely artificial scenes with computer-generated 3D models and effects.

[martius]

Yes, the later is what Nolan avoids.

But when he says "the movie is done without CGI shots", he can't ignore that most people will assume the movie is also made without digital editing and compositing.