"I've been out on [the sea] for the last four months. We got the cast who play the crew of Odysseus's ship out there on the real waves, in the real places We really wanted to capture how hard those journeys would have been for people. And the leap of faith that was being made in an unmapped, uncharted world."
"As a film-maker, you're looking for gaps in cinematic culture, things that haven't been done before. And what I saw is that all of this great mythological cinematic work that I had grown up with Ray Harryhausen movies and other things I'd never seen that done with the sort of weight and credibility that an A-budget and a big Hollywood, Imax production could do."
Christopher Nolan has used over 2 million feet of film for an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey now in post-production. Nolan spent four months at sea, shooting the cast who play Odysseus's crew on real waves and in real places to capture how hard those journeys would have been and the leap of faith in an unmapped, uncharted world. Nolan pursued the project to fill gaps in cinematic culture and to give mythological storytelling the weight and credibility of an A-budget, big Hollywood IMAX production, citing influences like Ray Harryhausen. The production embraced physicality and daily confrontation with natural forces. Matt Damon called the experience the best of his career. Tom Holland plays Telemachus. The film was shot entirely on large-format IMAX cameras and is due in July 2026.
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