Christopher Nolan on Helen, Athena, and His New Ending for The Odyssey
This spring, I was among the first journalists to speak with Christopher Nolan about his highly anticipated adaptation of The Odyssey. Now, the movie is out and has become Nolan’s biggest worldwide opening ever.In our initial interview, Nolan was reluctant to discuss the ending of The Odyssey. He’s known as the master of the last-act twist, and likes leaving the audience with more questions than answers.
- ▪This spring, I was among the first journalists to speak with Christopher Nolan about his highly anticipated adaptation of The Odyssey.
- ▪Now, the movie is out and has become Nolan’s biggest worldwide opening ever.In our initial interview, Nolan was reluctant to discuss the ending of The Odyssey.
- ▪He’s known as the master of the last-act twist, and likes leaving the audience with more questions than answers.
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This spring, I was among the first journalists to speak with Christopher Nolan about his highly anticipated adaptation of The Odyssey. Now, the movie is out and has become Nolan’s biggest worldwide opening ever.In our initial interview, Nolan was reluctant to discuss the ending of The Odyssey. He’s known as the master of the last-act twist, and likes leaving the audience with more questions than answers. He told me he never wants to impose his interpretation on others. (Are Cobbs’ kids in Inception real or imagined? You decide.) But when I hopped on the phone again shortly before the film’s release to have a spoiler-filled chat about the film’s final act—readers beware!—he offered some insight as to why he made certain changes when adapting the epic poem.We discussed the surprising…
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