Søren Fogt Bormann, who holds a master's degree in music and classical antiquity from Aarhus University and has worked as a grammar school teacher and church organist, takes a closer look at Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey.
The talk explores the core values of antiquity and the film, including homecoming, marriage, parenthood, war trauma, social values and hospitality, and why these themes still feel relevant today. Bormann also places passages from Homer's poem alongside scenes from the film and discusses fidelity to the original versus artistic freedom. It is an accessible way in for anyone curious to understand the film better and why a poem almost 3,000 years old still has real impact.
