The Odyssey
Director Christopher Nolan’s ambitious and challenging epic is an ode to the end of civilization.
The true star of the Lyric Stage production is Aimee Doherty, who is marvelous in the role of Penelope.
A lot goes on in an epic — three acts over three hours with two intermissions — and there’s boatloads for Kate Hamill to dramatize and for the audience to digest.
Film Music Commentary: Why “The Odyssey” Should Have Been a Silent Film
Christopher Nolan’s high-tech Homer struggles to achieve epic grandeur; Fritz Lang’s “Die Nibelungen,” with its stylized images and Gottfried Huppertz’s symphonic score, shows what modern spectacle leaves behind.
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