‘The Odyssey’: All the Ways Christopher Nolan’s Movie Is Different From the Book

Christopher Nolan is adapting Homer's "The Odyssey" for film, and footage has drawn criticism from online figures including Elon Musk, who've challenged the adaptation for straying from the source material. Per Variety, the critics may be missing something fundamental: Homer's epic is mythological and part of an oral tradition that was itself repeatedly reshaped and expanded by storytellers over centuries. That history suggests the very concept of a definitive version may not fit the source material.

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