Contemporary audiences may be discovering The Odyssey through Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s work, but filmmakers have been channeling the epic poem almost as long as there have been films. In 1905, cinema pioneer Georges Méliès made The Mysterious Island. In it, Méliès himself plays Odysseus. Since then, there have been mostly-faithful versions starring […]
Contemporary audiences may be discovering The Odyssey through Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s work, but filmmakers have been channeling the epic poem almost as long as there have been films. In 1905, cinema pioneer Georges Méliès made The Mysterious Island. In it, Méliès himself plays Odysseus. Since then, there have been mostly-faithful versions starring […]
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