‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Doubles Down Against Nolan’s ‘Emotionally Empty’ Movie: ‘We Need Art That Is Truthful’ About the ‘Necessity of Compassion’

Emily Wilson, whose twenty seventeen translation of The Odyssey influenced Christopher Nolan's film, has published a new critique in The Atlantic calling the adaptation emotionally empty. Per Variety, she argues we need art that truthfully reflects the necessity of compassion.

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