The Odyssey headlines in Nolan’s orbit, but Tarkovsky’s cinema remains the compass: a luminous voice shaping world cinema through luminous time.
Christopher Nolan has drawn on past films to shape The Odyssey, using textures from Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, and Scorsese as inspiration. He credits Oppenheimer’s success with enabling a wholly IMAX-scale production. The Odyssey follows Odysseus home after Troy, with Penelope and Telemachus in supportive, parallel arcs.