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Here is this week's movie release news. Director Christopher Nolan's global sensation, "The Odyssey," has finally arrived in South Korea.
Reporter Lee Joo-hyoung has the story.
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[The Odyssey / Director: Christopher Nolan / Starring: Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson]
"The Odyssey," adapted and directed by Christopher Nolan from the ancient epic that has profoundly influenced Western literary history, has hit theaters.
"The Odyssey" tells the story of a general who led the Trojan War to victory and makes his way back home where his wife and son are waiting.
For Nolan, the world's most influential director, the film fulfills a long-held ambition from two perspectives.
First, he found the origin of all the narratives in the films he has created.
[Christopher Nolan / Director: "Many of the themes and narrative archetypes that I have dealt with importantly throughout my filmmaking life trace their roots directly back to the epic Odyssey."]br />
Second, it fulfills his long-cherished dream regarding IMAX filmmaking.
[Christopher Nolan / Director: "I've harbored this wish ever since I was 16 years old. After finishing the filming in IMAX, I felt like I had achieved a long-standing ambition."]br />
"The Odyssey," which is heating up box offices worldwide, is sailing smoothly in both commercial success and critical acclaim.
It is projected to become the highest-grossing film even among Nolan's largely massively successful filmography.
However, it has also become a hot topic among experts and the public as the author of the latest translation of "The Odyssey," which received high praise enough for Nolan to reference it himself, criticized Nolan's adaptation as superficial.
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[Last Summer / Director: Choi Seung-woo / Starring: Moon Young-dong, Kim Min-hyuk]
"Last Summer" is a documentary-like feature film shot in a rural village in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, and its understated tone, which seems to stand opposite to the grand scale of "The Odyssey," leaves a strong impression.
The film reflects the lives of the rural community and its people flowing naturally according to the rhythms of nature—such as droughts, monsoons, and harvests—leaving ample space for the audience to contemplate.
In particular, the farmer's attitude toward his mother's sudden death, or rather the director's perspective, is striking.
It won awards at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival and the 2024 Muju Film Festival.
(Video Editing: Lee So-young)
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