This is a simulation of a department store Christmas display from the previous century. It was a series of antique dolls singing Christmas carols. It should run in real time in your browser. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
https://ct68-doll.onrender.com/
This is visuals only. The audio is provided by the musician using this as a backdrop, or that was the idea.
I saw the Christopher Nolan The Odyssey at the Academy screening room in 70mm. I was a guest of John Nelson and the theatre was nearly full, and its a big theatre. I found it astonishing. I do understand why ultimately it is nearly impossible to render a complex work like this to film, but I have found most of the objections to be either misplaced or irrelevant.
There were changes made, on a number of levels, but I did not object to these changes. I kept trying to remember when it was that I read this work, in English translation of course. I wondered if I had read an abridged version because that would have been appropriate given that it had to be when I was in middle or upper school. This would have been at my well known prep school, Collegiate. At least it is well known in Virginia.
I think this burning question has been answered to my satisfaction. Several classical scholars in England complained that Nolan had removed most of the steamy sex. Apparently the Odyssey is full of steamy sex.
Really?
So no doubt I must have read an abridged version "suitable for young adults" in Virginia in the 1960s. In other words, no sex and definitely no steamy sex.
Jason Bourne does a very good job as Mr. Odysseus, by the way.
