Why the Odyssee?
I‘ve really been thinking about this. First off: I like Nolan. I find Oppenheimer to be beautiful! Out of the ones I saw, Tenet was the only one, where I felt that the movie was more complicated and indecipherable than it was worth.
I find that Nolans strength is a close look at one character, where we gradually explore the important aspects of that character, in a non linear way, with interesting concepts to plotwise explain that non linearity, that also help us find the right angle to read the movie.
Now, he‘s making a movie about the odyssey, and I can‘t decipher why, when there‘s another character in greek myth that would fit perfectly for his style. Is Odyssee really such a „nolian“ story? For me it seems more similar to the hobbit with an adventurer with a home drive, and a very basic episodic structure, that doesn‘t really have any need to be tampered with: It‘s part of the main appeal.
Now: There is a story in greek mythos, where the main character does disturbing things, and a self fulfilling prophecy is involved (lending already itself to an already non linear story). Yep! I think Nolan would be wise to rather make a movie about the original mother fucker: Oedipus.
So: Am I just not getting something here? If you, dear reader see something in Nolans narrative strengths, that lend themselves to the Odyssee over other greek myths, please feel invited to comment!