Christopher Nolan’s Praised Translator Slams Odyssey
Vladislav Nikolaev
Emily Wilson, the renowned translator of Homer's The Odyssey, has criticized Christopher Nolan's movie The Odyssey in her review for the London Review of Books.
In her opinion, the film suffers from being "bombastic and shallow." Wilson specifically pointed out the sound and visual design of the battle scenes: the audience is literally deafened by the clashing of armor and weapons, rolls of thunder, the roar of waves, screams, as well as shots of collapsing palaces and burning temples.
There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.
In the same review, Wilson called the film's concept overly confusing and the characters shallow. She also noted that the picture fails to offer a deep exploration of the themes of time, memory, history, and war, and does not reveal the returning warrior's connection with his family, enemies, comrades-in-arms, friends, and neighbors. The episodes with Circe, the raid on Troy, and the Sirens faced separate criticism: according to Wilson, it is in these scenes that the issues with character motivation and key themes are most noticeable.
I am surprised if Nolan read even the first line of my translation: 'Tell me about a complicated man.'
Earlier, we published our own review of The Odyssey.
Have you seen Nolan's Odyssey yet? Did it live up to the hype, or were you disappointed?
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