Christopher Nolan

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103 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 19 Jul

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Consider This from NPR · Nolan's 'The Odyssey': a tale of a hero and trickster retold for modern times · 19 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, there are two concepts that are most often referred to from the poem. matched

And one is nostos. matched

That's the idea of a homecoming narrative. matched

Coming home changed and home having changed and the emotion of that and the catharsis of that. matched

And that's sort of baked into the narrative. matched

But the other is a concept called Xenia. matched

I don't refer to it by that name in the film. matched

In order to keep things simple, I refer to it by its other name, which is Zeus's Law. matched

And that's essentially the idea that when you meet a stranger, however humble that stranger might seem, you might think that they're a beggar or whatever, they could be a god in disguise. matched

So you have to treat them the way you would want to be treated. matched

So it's sort of what other cultures have referred to as the sort of golden rule. matched

You know, treat others as you want to be treated, but with a theological underpinning. matched

And you start to realize the more you work with it that nothing has changed. matched

We are just as dependent on this mutual respect as we ever were. matched

And so in that way, the theology of the piece and the relevance for a modern day audience, they're not fighting anymore. matched

Suddenly they're all kind of pulling in the same direction, which I thought was kind of exciting. matched

Well, from a logistical point of view, I knew the horse would be a hard challenge. matched

But as you said, I had actually more than two decades of figuring it out. matched

Because I first, I was briefly attached to direct Troy at Warner Brothers, David Benioff's adaptation of the Iliad. matched

And he'd included the horse. matched

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