Christopher Nolan's latest film, a big-budget retelling of The Odyssey, may seem like a departure from his usual work, but a closer look reveals hidden connections to his past films.
There’s a famous quote attributed to the great French filmmaker Jean Renoir.
“A director only makes one film in his life,” Renoir said. “Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again. ”, there is a fair amount of truth to it as well. Nolan has directed 13 feature films over his career so far, including his latest project, A big-budget retelling of one of the most important works of ancient literature, it follows Trojan war veteran Odysseus on his years-long voyage home from battle.
Meanwhile, back in Odysseus’ kingdom, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus fend off the advances of a legion of suitors, including the slimy Antinous Set thousands of years before any of his other movies, populated by hideous monsters and powerful gods, flecked with elements of the supernatural, doesn’t appear to hold a lot in common with Nolan’s prior work. But there’s a reason Christian Bale’s character in repeatedly asks his audience “Are you watching closely?
” Nothing happens by chance in a Christopher Nolan, and he didn’t just pick Homer’s at random. A closer look at the film reveals that it contains references, allusions, and strong thematic ties to every other thing Nolan has ever made. Let’s go film by film and identify some of those ties. Bear in mind: There may be some minor spoilers for a story, I want to reiterate, is roughly 3,000 years old. If that bothers you, go get lost in a mythological whirlpool. You can find bits of pieces of every single previous Christopher Nolan’s movies in his new interpretation of Homer’s‘The Odyssey’ Review: Nolan Journeys to the Beginning of Western Civilization to Tell a Story About Its End‘The Odyssey’ Format Comparison: Which Is the Best?
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