On Nolan’s Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s ancient epic is all anyone’s talking about these days. So much so that it even managed to spurt us out of retirement. We are back. Sort of. With our own spicy take on the biggest movie of 2026.

Show Notes

1. Thamara’s review of The Odyssey: https://thamara.co.uk/notebook/2026/08/the-odyssey

2. Himal’s review of The Odyssey: https://himalkk.substack.com/p/nolans-odyssey-audacious-but-ultimately

3. The IMAX ‘Blimp’: https://www.filmaesthete.com/2025/11/19/nolan-and-hoyte-van-hoytema-test-game-changing-imax-blimp-system/

4. The IMAX camera mirror system: https://ymcinema.com/2026/07/03/the-odyssey-imax-blimp-mirror-system/

5. Aeneid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid

6. Emily Wilson’s review of The Odyssey: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man

7. Mary Beard on The Odyssey: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/jul/20/the-odyssey-nolan--mary-beard-stateside-podcast

8. Xenia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_(Greek)

9. Oppenheimer shot in 57 days: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/oppenheimer-shot-57-days-cillian-murphy-pace-insane-1235672356/

10. McCarthyism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

11. Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey: https://www.emilyrcwilson.com/the-odyssey

12. Robert Fagles’ translation of The Odyssey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(Robert_Fagles_translation)

13. E. V. Rieu’s translation of The Odyssey: https://archive.org/details/TheOdyssey/mode/2up