Christopher Nolan remakes 'The Odyssey' as an Anglo-American imperial fantasy

Christopher Nolan remakes 'The Odyssey' as an Anglo-American imperial fantasy Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 05:40 Homer's epic emerged from the eastern Mediterranean, but Hollywood's latest adaptation continues a long tradition of appropriating ancient Greece for an invented western identity Matt Damon, Christopher Nolan and Anne Hathaway attend the New York premiere of 'The Odyssey' at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on 14 July 2026 (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images via AFP) On By sheer serendipity, I