Christopher Nolan imagines every movie is the last he'll ever make
Director Christopher Nolan imagines every movie is the last he'll ever make. He brought that mindset to "The Odyssey."
Christopher Nolan directed this summer's "The Odyssey" as if it would be the last movie he ever made, as he does for each of his films.
From "Memento" to "Inception," " Oppenheimer " and "The Dark Knight," he pushes the limits of what's possible. "The Odyssey" is the first ever theatrical release shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. Over 91 days, Nolan shot 2 million feet of footage, filming across Greece, Iceland, Morocco, Italy and Scotland.
"In taking on 'The Odyssey,' it does become about scale. It needed to be the biggest film that we have done," Nolan said. "It needed to be challenging to all of us because that's the nature of the story."
Adapting a story that's nearly 3,000 years old
Nolan's "Odyssey" is an extreme version of the Bronze age war story. The highly anticipated epic is Nolan's 13th film in 28 years. Unlike many directors, he writes screenplays himself.
"I feel a real responsibility to try and get as much on screen for the audience as possible to give the audience the fullest flavor, the fullest set of images and events that we can give them for a given story," Nolan said.