Christopher Nolan explains how he approached the existence of Gods as a simple fact in the era of ‘THE ODYSSEY’.
“For people who would have lived in that time, for whom in a pre-scientific era, evidence of divinity is everywhere. And so, the existence of gods is not an article of faith, it's simple reality.
So, thunder & lightning is God speaking to them, or the state of the ocean is moved by the gods. They have no other explanation for it.”
(Source: @ZhugeYY)
Works so well as a meme because it’s such a great line reading. You can see he’s performing for the other suitors the way he chews every syllable and enunciates and projects to the back row, and I love the way he takes a furtive glance around to make sure they’re watching, so he can relish in their laughter
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has thanked Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey, praising the film for "boosting global interest in ancient Greek civilisation."
Congratulating Nolan on the film's success during a teleconference, Mitsotakis said:
"Such productions bridge Greece's rich cultural heritage with contemporary creativity."
Everybody thinks criticism is easy, but here’s a renowned classicist doing the “the movie was bad because it wasn’t a different movie I wanted instead” thing that the most annoying people on here do all the time
I’m very disappointed that Emily Wilson falls into the trap so many fans of a written work fall into: judging the adaptation for what they wish it were rather than for what it is. At no point does she try to understand the intentions of Nolan, she’s just frustrated that she didn’t get the adaptation she had imagined.
Кристофер Нолан боится снимать ромкомы.
«Если я показываю свое кино людям, и они не реагируют на некоторые фрагменты, я думаю: „Ой, они просто его не поняли“. Но когда снимаешь комедию, за этим уже не спрячешься. Я был бы в ужасе, если бы решился на что-то подобное».
@Nebazanas@Sonnerion Это были тяжёлые мобильные платформы которые использовались в бою. Войны сражались прямо с них и метали копья. Чего не мог знать Гомер
@Nebazanas@Sonnerion Нет. Колесницы использовались в бою по аналогии современного танка. Со временем этот навык был утрачен греками, потому гомер описывал колесницу как такси, потому что банально не знал о ее функции в бронзовую эпоху
Борцам за аутентичность древних греков стоит знать, что доспехи времен Одиссея выглядели вот так. А то, что изображается на вазах и тарелках - это представления жителей железного века, так что Нолану стоило вообще выдать им броники и автоматы, было бы вполне в традиции
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey may be the most pro-Western civilization film Hollywood has made in decades - not because it flatters the Greeks, but because it understands civilization as a moral achievement rather than an ethnic possession.
The identitarian far-left and far-right share a premise: that the Western canon is ethnic property. One side condemns it on that basis; the other guards it on the same basis. Nolan refuses the premise, populating Homer's world with various identities while treating the story with absolute seriousness. That’s not a repudiation of the canon but evidence of its triumph: Homer can be inhabited by, and speak to, anyone.
The film’s deepest commitment is to individual moral agency. Odysseus cannot hide behind Greece, military orders, or victory. His choices are his own, and so is his guilt. No collective cause dissolves individual moral responsibility; his final heroism lies not in conquest, but atonement.
That principle extends to hospitality: treat the stranger as you would wish to be treated. When the Greeks violate it, they become the barbarians they fear. Penelope's devastating realization - "You're the people from the sea" - underscores that the enemies of civilization are sometimes its self-appointed defenders, exempting themselves from the principles they claim to uphold.
This is Western civilization at its best - not an ethnicity or a triumphalist myth, but a tradition built around the dignity of the individual, moral responsibility, and atonement. And a civilization strong enough to preserve stories that judge its own heroes remains a civilization worth defending.
@DrDavidMiano@FaustoSalvadori But the Cyclops literally started eating his people! And the fact that Odysseus and his men tried cheese didn't change anything