Christopher Nolan Screened 3 Classics for The Odyssey as Oppenheimer's Success Enabled IMAX Scale
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Updated · The Independent · Jul 15
Christopher Nolan Screened 3 Classics for The Odyssey as Oppenheimer's Success Enabled IMAX Scale
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jul 15
Summary
Three films—Andrei Rublev, Ran and The Last Temptation of Christ—were screened by Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey cast and crew before filming to shape the movie’s visual texture.
Ran especially informed the production’s use of landscape, wind and banners, while Nolan said Scorsese’s 1988 film offered an accessible window into history rather than scene-specific templates.
Oppenheimer’s stronger-than-expected 2023 box-office success gave Nolan the leverage to make The Odyssey at the scale he wanted, he told The Independent.
The film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, with Anne Hathaway as Penelope and Tom Holland as Telemachus, in an adaptation of Homer’s epic journey home after the Trojan War.
The Odyssey is also the first feature shot entirely on IMAX film cameras after Nolan and IMAX developed lighter, quieter equipment capable of handling dialogue scenes.