This Is More Important Than Historical Accuracy

THE ODYSSEY, Christopher Nolan’s IMAX epic, is here, but The Odyssey trailer caused a bit of “discourse.” So it feels like a good time to talk about "historical accuracy" and why verisimilitude is way more important. 🔵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲:   / pentexproductions   🔵 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗫 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 ☑️ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pentexproductions ☑️ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/PentexPenguin (to prove I watch other movies besides LOTR and James Bond) ☑️ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pentex.bsky.... (mostly for James Bond chat) ☑️ Twitter:   / pentexp   (mostly unused) 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 How The Odyssey is making cinematic history | BBC News -    • How The Odyssey is making cinematic histor...   Christopher Nolan on ‘Gladiator II’ - https://variety.com/2024/awards/focus... Christopher Nolan: ‘If I owned a smartphone I’d be horribly addicted’ | The Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/202... Colourised statue images: https://buntegoetter.liebieghaus.de/en/ https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions... #theodyssey #christophernolan #imax