“Wet and normal”—just two of many descriptors for Christopher Nolan’s epic.
Our July special episode is live! 🌊 Featuring the return of @flourish!
Braving such obstacles as treacherous downpours, scheduled subway track work, and paying for a babysitter, Flourish and Elizabeth reunited to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey on opening weekend. What did Flourish (a True Nolanhead and also a pedantic Classics major) and Elizabeth (someone who read the poem in high school and likes Nolan well enough but really loves Oppenheimer) think of the film? On Nolan’s many interesting adaptation choices, including his decision to ground the gods, the reworking of Penelope’s test for Odysseus, and whether the ending fundamentally undercuts the rest of the film.
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