No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

The Subtext: The Odyssey Movie Review

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

Show Notes

Lee and Savannah discuss Christopher Nolan's Odyssey – both the social media storms that started before it hit theaters, and lessons inside the film itself.

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is a blockbuster hit, and has caused a few waves in culture. Elon Musk wants his own "historically accurate" AI version, translator Emily Wilson says the film loses the "wily" Odysseus that exists in the original, and a Christian review site suggests it is blasphemous. Savannah and Lee dig into what these reactions reveal, then talk about the film itself.

Things we mentioned in this episode:

The Iliad by Homer

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

Malcolm Guite on No Small Endeavor

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