'Odyssey' translator Emily Wilson says Nolan should have hired a scriptwriter

Classics translator Emily Wilson's viral critique of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has caught NPR's attention. Wilson published her review in the London Review of Books, arguing the filmmaker should have hired a professional screenwriter—a point that carries particular weight coming from someone who has translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. She's devoted to the source material since childhood, a passion reflected in her tattoos of a spear and bow, representing Achilles and Odysseus. Now working on a new translation of the Odyssey herself, Wilson's expertise as a scholar offers a unique lens on the filmmaker's interpretation of Homer's epic.

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