In any other cultural climate than the current one imagine answering to "When asked about adding the concept of “atonement,” which doesn’t exist in Greek culture and what could be construed as “Christianizing” The Odyssey' with “I wasn’t too conscious of how I was approaching it philosophically" lol
The Film Stage"That’s a real problem in [film] criticism today because people have this idea that because they can understand why the story affects them the way it does, it therefore didn’t work." Christopher Nolan gives his most fascinating interview yet on the philosophy behind The Odyssey: