Why does a thousand-year-old story still resonate today? | With Christopher Nolan & Matt Damon

千年往事,今犹余音绕梁?| 与克里斯托弗·诺兰与马特·达蒙对话

The Point with Liu Xin

2026-08-19

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Thousands of years after Homer's epic was first told, The Odyssey returns to the big screen in a bold new vision from Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan. Shot entirely with IMAX cameras, the film brings Odysseus' legendary journey to life on an unprecedented scale. But is The Odyssey really just a story about a man trying to get home? What if Odysseus doesn't actually want to go back? And why does this ancient story still resonate today? Join us as we look beyond the epic journey and explore what this timeless story might really be about.
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  • Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

  • This is The Point.

  • A journey that began thousands of years ago continues to find new meaning on the big screen.

  • Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan's latest film, The Odyssey, has brought an ancient classic back to life.

  • Shot entirely on IMAX for the most high-resolution pictures and immersive experience,

  • this cinematic first has captivated moviegoers around the world, including me.

  • What is the story really about?

  • Odysseus' journey home?

  • And what if he doesn't actually want to go back?

  • What do I mean?

  • Welcome to this special edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, coming to you from Beijing.

  • I had the pleasure recently to sit down with Christopher Nolan himself and Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon,

  • who plays Odysseus in the film.

  • To me, the great ideas in Chris's adaptation.

  • Before we get into the more serious questions, really one curiosity question.

  • How did you manage such real effects of the Cyclopes and Scylla in the movie?

  • Were they also physical filmmaking?

  • There's quite a bit of physical filmmaking in embracing the fantasy elements.

  • Obviously we have to use every trick in the book.

  • So there's puppetry, there's animatronics, there's CG, there's everything.