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Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey adaptation serves as a lens for examining the enduring themes of Homer’s epic, specifically the tension between movement and stasis. While Nolan’s film incorporates signature tropes—such as the technocrat hero and the search for a lost woman—it frequently prioritizes spectacle over the poem’...