‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Doubles Down Against Nolan’s ‘Emotionally Empty’ Movie: ‘We Need Art That Is Truthful’ About the ‘Necessity of Compassion’

Aug 5, 2026 9:54am PT ‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Doubles Down Against Nolan’s ‘Emotionally Empty’ Movie: ‘We Need Art That Is Truthful’ About the ‘Necessity of Compassion’

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Emily Wilson, the author whose 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” was an influence for Christopher Nolan during his own adaptation process, is doubling down in her critiques of the director’s blockbuster epic. In an op-ed written for The Atlantic, Wilson called out Nolan’s “Odyssey” for being “emotionally empty.” She previously torched the movie in a review published by the London Review of Books in which she called Nolan’s screenplay “abysmal” and added: “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.”

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