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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2026 · 30 MIN

Is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Just 6 Great Scenes?

from Celebrating Cinema · host LAB111

Why are journeys one of cinema's defining storytelling forms? Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey brings one of literature's greatest journeys to the screen. Laura Gommans and Tom Ooms discuss whether the film succeeds as an epic, why Nolan's obsession with IMAX shapes the experience as much as the storytelling, and whether a cast this famous ever lets the world of the film feel fully inhabited. They also introduce LAB111's new season of quests, exiles and homecomings, from Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Beau Is Afraid to The Seventh Seal, asking what these films reveal about why cinema returns to stories of people searching for a place to belong. Get tickets to The Odyssey @ LAB111Get tickets to It's Not The Destination, It's The Journey @ LAB111Get tickets to Cine Of The Times: No Country For Old Men @ LAB111A LAB111 production. Edited and produced by Elliot Bloom, co-produced by Laura Gommans. Music by Hugo Emmerzael. Artwork by Studio FFF.

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