Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’

Opinion Columnist, reporting from Washington

Medievalists must be jealous.

Classicists are having a moment on social media, happily discussing whether Odysseus was “polytropos,” “polymetis” or “polymechanos.” And that’s very cool. Thank you, Mr. Nolan.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is a throwback to the days when Hollywood big shots fearlessly took on literary classics, undaunted by the challenges of bringing vast, thorny tales to the screen.

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