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Bradley Russell

Christopher Nolan reveals how "one of his earliest movie experiences" watching Star Wars influenced The Odyssey's first 20 seconds

Benny Safdie as Agamemnon and Matt Damon as Odysseys in The Odyssey.

A time of apparent magic. The Odyssey's opening text is just five words long, yet instantly evocative – conjuring up images of the type of mythmaking and unexplainable acts we would witness for the next three hours as Odysseus made his long journey home to Ithaca.

Now, director Christopher Nolan has revealed what influenced the decision to place text at the beginning of his movie, as he also did with Oppenheimer.

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