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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Jamie Graham

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: cinematic storytelling on an epic scale

Film still: Matt Damon is Odysseus in THE ODYSSEY, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.
Matt Damon stars as Odysseus in The Odyssey. Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures

Film-maker Christopher Nolan’s 13th feature film, The Odyssey, is every bit as epic as the heroic tale it recounts – the story of Odysseus’s 10-year quest to return home from war to his loyal wife and son. On the way he battles turbulent seas, mythical beasts and his own emotional flaws.

In bringing this action-packed saga to the big screen on the grandest of scales, Nolan too has faced monumental challenges – from assembling an all-star cast and marshalling thousands of extras, to shooting in far-flung locations and inventing technology that allowed him to film entirely using IMAX® cameras.

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