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Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Faces Boycott Over Western Sahara Filming

Christopher Nolan's new film, 'The Odyssey,' is facing calls for a boycott from an international film festival due to its filming location in Western Sahara. Despite the controversy, the movie is anticipated to be a major box office success.

3 Jul, 14:15 — 3 Jul, 16:37
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The GuardianMostly Factual2d ago

‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office

The summer’s most anticipated film will raise epic questions about culture wars, classics and the nature of film-making In a plot twist worthy of the ancient bards themselves, the hottest movie of the summer isn’t a superhero flick, or an alien-invasion yarn, or a crinolines-and-bonnets period drama. Instead, it is an adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old epic poem, which film-maker Christopher Nolan is releasing as a follow-up to Oppenheimer, his grim, Oscar-winning study of the origins of n...

By Andrew Pulver

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ignMostly Factual2d ago

People Are Worried They’ll Only See Half of The Odyssey If They Miss Out on Imax, But Should They Be?

People are worried they’ll only see half of The Odyssey if they miss out on Imax, but should they be?

By Simon Cardy

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screen-rantMixed2d ago

The Best Translation Of The Odyssey To Read Before Christopher Nolan's New Movie Releases

Christopher Nolan adapts a centuries-old epic poem in The Odyssey, one that has been translated numerous times with varying levels of accessibility.

By George Bate

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protothema-enMixed2d ago

International film festival calls for boycott of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey over Western Sahara shoot

"When Christopher Nolan steps onto the red carpet at the premiere, he will also be trampling on international law," said the executive director of FiSahara The post International film festival calls for boycott of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey over Western Sahara shoot appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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