I’m much looking forward to seeing the already greatly acclaimed film The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan. The critics are raving about it. In Britain, the Telegraph declared it the “film of the year”, and Metro claims the film will “change cinema forever”. For The Times, it is “a masterpiece in every way”, and the Irish Times considers it “a spectacular feat of cinematic storytelling”. And by all accounts it is a very faithful rendering of Homer’s poem, despite initial fears that it was going to be a woke reworking of the original epic.
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The bed at the heart of the Odyssey
Penelope’s test of the marriage bed is more than an exhibition of guile: it is the beating heart of the Odyssey
Fr Gavan Jennings
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