Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, second from left, poses with actors Charlize Theron, left, and Matt Damon, right, and producer Emma Thomas during a press conference for their movie "The Odyssey" at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, Monday.
Yonhap Filmmaker Christopher Nolan said his long-awaited first visit to Korea with his new film "The Odyssey" is an opportunity to reaffirm why movie theaters still matter and continue to offer a collective experience and universal human themes that streaming platforms and small screens can never replace.
At a press conference held in Seoul, Monday, ahead of the film’s Wednesday release here, Nolan, who said he has “wanted to come to Korea for a very long time,” described cinema as a uniquely shared yet intimate art form. “When you read the original book, it’s experiential.
But going to the theater and sharing it with other people is both a personal and a collective experience,” he said. “The way the camera tells you the story is something other mediums can’t provide.
I think it’s an experience only theaters, only films, can offer." The film follows the 10-year voyage of the Trojan War hero Odysseus (Matt Damon) as he struggles to return home to Ithaca, confronting inner conflict and moral dilemmas that Nolan believes still resonate today.
