An <em>Odyssey</em> Deserving of the Biggest Screen Possible

Emily Wilson’s celebrated translation of Homer’s The Odyssey sets aside the classic description of the epic poem’s hero, Odysseus, as a “man of twists and turns.” Instead, she goes for something more introspective: “Tell me about a complicated man,” it begins. That tweak perfectly reflects Christopher Nolan’s approach with The Odyssey, which is somehow Hollywood’s first proper adaptation of one of human history’s most enduring stories. His latest film contains many of the tale’s intricacies,…