The Odyssey: Nolan goes full Greek epic, entirely in 70mm | First Take
It was a film I was determined not to miss with my deepening role on the Lancashire Film Network family of film festivals (where I now oversee the entire Media & Communications operation) - purely because of who is involved. Love him or hate him, whenever Christopher Nolan puts a film out, the whole industry listens. Tenet saved the cinema industry back in 2020, while severing relationships with Warner. Oppenheimer brought him to Universal, as well as earning him that long awaited Best Director and Best Film nod at the Oscars - so naturally they gave him an open chequebook and free reign to make this absolute goliath adaptation of Homer's ancient poem of the same name. After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way. This is by no means an easy watch: at 2 hours 52 minutes it isn't the hard limit for what IMAX 70mm projectors can take (that limit was hit with Oppenheimer...
