Christopher Nolan has called out a “fundamental flaw” in amateur film criticism, arguing that audiences are too quick to dismiss movies once they recognise the storytelling techniques behind them.
Referring to his interpretation of Odysseus, which sees the hero of The Odyssey portrayed as a military genius forced to confront the consequences of his actions, the Oscar winner said: “The criticism that is often levelled at movies in general is, ‘Oh the character has to be made sympathetic, so the character is manipulated in different ways or changed in different ways.’ That’s a fundamental flaw of film criticism in a way.”
