About this episode

The hosts discuss Nolan's film The Odyssey, covering various aspects including casting and technical achievements.

Absolute cinema. The boys break down Nolan’s The Odyssey, and dive into casting, moments, technical achievements, and more! Grant's Letterboxd Drew's Letterboxd Grant's Blu-ray of the Week Drew's Blu-ray of the Week Stole My Line Essentials Watch this episode on YouTube! Our Team Grant Crenshaw - Host Drew McKinney - Host Chapters (00:00) - Intro (02:08) - Nolan’s Dominance (03:07) - Brief Non-Spoilers (09:05) - Our Rating (10:00) - Nolan’s Puzzles (11:55) - Technical Aspects (14:49) - Sacking Troy (17:42) - Casting (24:46) - Odysseus’s Journey (27:22) - Zeus’s Law (30:35) - Hangups(?) (32:30) - Crowd Cheering (33:48) - Tom Holland (39:05) - Nolan Ranking Update (47:47) - Trailers (49:18) - The Party Question (52:22) - Coming Up & Take a break… *Stole My Line is an Amazon associate. Thus, any Amazon link in this description is an associate link. The purchase of an item from this link would result in Stole My Line receiving a portion of the payment.

People in this episode

Hosts: Grant Crenshaw, Drew McKinney

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Nolan's work
• casting decisions
• technical achievements
• Odyssey themes

Keywords

• Nolan
• The Odyssey
• film review
• casting
• technical aspects
• Odysseus
• Zeus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stole My Line, Amazon

Books & works: The Odyssey

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