Pick Three: Richard Brody on “The Odyssey” and Other Summer Films
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. So far this year in film has been Largely defined by two low budget horror movies. Obsession and backrooms.
Both big successes directed by very young upstart still in their twenties. That's all about to change because this weekend A highly anticipated blockbuster enters the fray. Christopher Nolan's epic version. Homer's The Odyssey.
After years of war. No one could stand between my men. And home. I sat down with the New Yorkers film critic Richard Brody to talk about Nolan's Odyssey. And what other movies are worth getting off the couch for this summer.
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