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Christopher Nolan’s Un-Greek Odyssey

By Filings on Tue, 07/28/26
Society & Culture
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Homer
Classical Education
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“I generally admire Christopher Nolan’s films…. Any person, having not read The Odyssey, who walks away from Nolan’s new movie thinking he knows the story would be sorely mistaken.” - Acton

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Bert Perry

NewAlways happens

Wed, 07/29/26

Beyond the reality that a faithful rendition of The Odyssey would probably get an "X" rating--it's a brutal story--I agree with the author. There seems to be a disease in Hollyweird (and elsewhere) where every English major with a C GPA thinks he's (she's) a far better writer than Shakespeare, Homer, Twain, and the like. The trouble with this comes as each of these screenwriters takes a few threads out of the original tapestry without realizing how the whole carpet will be weakened.

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