15 Things You Somehow Missed In Oppenheimer

15. The Bugged Lamp

At first glance you might assume this prop-related curiosity to be a mistake, but that's not the case at all. 

Between the first time we see Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) in Lyall Johnson's (Jack Cutmore-Scott) office and the scene minutes later where he meets with Boris Pash (Casey Affleck) in the very same office, the desk lamp has suddenly changed.

But this is no continuity gaffe. Aside from the scenes taking place a day apart, this is actually a sly early indication that the government is spying on Oppenheimer, the lamp having been surreptitiously replaced with a recording device.

Given that conversations Oppenheimer had in this office were ultimately used against him during his security hearings, it tracks that the switched-out lamp is how they got it done. And yet, at a casual glance, it seems like the prop-master screwed up.