Why "The Odyssey" was shot entirely on IMAX film

Director Christopher Nolan has made some of the most spectacular films of the 21st century: "The Dark Knight," "Inception," "Interstellar," "Dunkirk" and "Oppenheimer." With each new film, the scale and ambition of Nolan's storytelling seem to reach new heights. In 2008's "The Dark Knight," the filmmaker collapsed an entire building before the Joker, played by the late Heath Ledger, sped off in a school bus. In his last film, 2023's "Oppenheimer," which won seven Academy Awards, Nolan tackled a subject of immense proportions: the nuclear bomb and the man who made it, J. Robert Oppenheimer. It's only fitting that his latest film, coming to theaters this July, takes on a nearly-3,000-year-old Greek epic, the bard Homer's "The Odyssey." Actor Matt Damon plays Odysseus in "The Odyssey." It is his third film working with the director, having played roles in "Interstellar" and "Oppenheimer" previously. "I think what separates him from other directors is… the stories he wants to tell are incredibly ambitious. And the way he wants to tell them is incredibly ambitious," the actor told correspondent Soctt Pelley in an interview. "In this case, he wanted to do it 100% in IMAX, which had never been done. And that wasn't even announced, because we didn't know if we could do it." "The Odyssey" is the first feature film to be shot entirely on IMAX film, prized for its high resolution – or image quality – that is up to three times higher than digital cameras. …