"It was magnificent": Hideo Kojima shares review of Nolan's "Odyssey"
The creator of Death Stranding was most impressed by the immersive effect and Hoyte van Hoytema's cinematography.
Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima published a detailed review of Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey". The game designer watched the film from a 70mm IMAX print at the David Keighley Cinema and admitted that he hadn't experienced such a strong sense of immersion in a long time.
"I wasn't just watching the screen – I constantly felt like I was inside the events. It was no longer a viewing: I became a witness. The power of the impressions reminded me of elementary school and my first Cinerama session at the Osaka OS cinema. Back then, I was used to watching everything on a CRT television, so such a deep immersion was unlike anything I had experienced before. "Odyssey" brought back those memories."
The game designer was familiar with the story of Odysseus's wanderings long before Nolan's film, but the new version gave him a completely different experience:
"I knew the story well, having grown up with the 1954 version starring Kirk Douglas and several black-and-white adaptations. But this was a completely different experience. For me, it turned out to be an "Odyssey" unlike any I had experienced before."
Kojima separately praised the work of Nolan and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema. Despite the huge image with an aspect ratio of 1.43:1, the camera constantly brings the viewer closer to the characters and focuses on their experiences:
"The unusually shallow depth of field and elegant focus pulls direct attention to the smallest details. The camera relentlessly follows the suffering of the characters and their destinies. The actors perform powerfully enough to withstand the merciless detail of such an image."
Kojima also noted Nolan's signature structure with several carefully intertwined timelines. In his opinion, all these techniques allowed the director to reveal one of the most famous works of world literature in a new way:
"Together, these elements elevate the classical epic to the level of an intimate and profound human drama. It was magnificent."
"Odyssey" crossed the $1 billion mark three weeks after its worldwide release. The film became Christopher Nolan's third film with such a result after "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises". The latter remains the director's highest-grossing work with $1.085 billion, but "Odyssey" is expected to surpass it in the near future.
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