Christopher Nolan on ‘The Odyssey’: My Intention Was to Find ‘Universal Truths About Human Nature, About War, About Love, and Loss’

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NOLAN: "Certainly it was my intention to find in homer what universal truths about human nature, about war, about love and loss. That’s what makes the poem great. Its primal and foundational and opens itself up to modern interpretation. So I knew with a great actor like Matt Damon taking on a real and complicated character making Odysseus a relatable person, it was important to deal with the psychology of things, the reality of the aftermath of war, this is the story of Odysseus trying to come home after this monumental conflict, this mythic conflict."