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* One recurring theme is whether the atomic bomb was the last shot of World War II, or the first shot of the Cold War. One thing that the movie does not mention, albeit somewhat justifiably because the work at Los Alamos had been done already, was that the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War Soviets declared war on Japan]] just a week before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. They attacked from the north and were able to take Sakhalin Island and control of other parts of the Kuril Islands. Being as the vast majority of Japanese defenses were to the south it's reasonable to say that the Soviets would've captured a lot of northern Japan. Had the war continued it's very reasonable to say that Japan would've been divided up the way [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border Germany]] was, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone Korea]] still is.
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** Earlier in the sequence, when Strauss realizes he's about to be "pilloried" by the same extrajudicial process he put Oppenheimer through, he's looking in a mirror. And when he escapes back to his narrative, he turns his back to the mirror and walks away.
-->'''Strauss:''' (to mirror) They're not convicting. Just denying.
-->'''Strauss:''' (to mirror) They're not convicting. Just denying.
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** Truman was also a WWI artilleryman, and "proved to be a very capable artillery officer, displaying great courage and initiative while under enemy fire." So he had ''personal'' experience of battle and had ''directly'' killed people, while Oppenheimer was a scientist who never served. In fact, the original plan was to make Los Alamos a military operation. Oppenheimer failed the Army physical. Might've added to Truman's disgust.
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** In the monochrome sequences, Strauss's decision to humiliate Oppenheimer and neutralize his political influence in the US grew from his own motivations and perceived slights, and he calls back to different aspects of Oppenheimer's life to weave a narrative of disloyalty. Strauss's own failure at his cabinet nomination was also defeated by the allying of different scientists and Senators who opposed his treatment of Oppenheimer.
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** In the monochrome sequences, Strauss's decision to humiliate Oppenheimer and neutralize his political influence in the US grew from his own motivations and perceived slights, and he calls back to different aspects of Oppenheimer's life to weave a narrative of disloyalty. Strauss's own failure defeat at his cabinet nomination was also defeated caused by the allying of different scientists and Senators who opposed his treatment of Oppenheimer.
