Nolan Rejects Damon's Last-Chance View, Slams AI Ahead of July 17 Odyssey Release
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Updated · Variety · Jul 13
Nolan Rejects Damon's Last-Chance View, Slams AI Ahead of July 17 Odyssey Release
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jul 13
Summary
Christopher Nolan said Matt Damon’s claim that “The Odyssey” was his “last chance” to make an old-school epic reflects a “defeatist” view he does not share.
Nolan argued cinema is still evolving, pointing to young filmmakers and surprise summer hits “Backrooms” and “Obsession” as evidence that audiences still embrace ambitious, ruminative work.
Young viewers are also driving a backlash against “AI slop,” Nolan said, calling the public rejection of AI-generated creativity unusually swift even as Wall Street and tech companies push the technology.
“The Odyssey,” which Damon has framed as a rare large-format, location-shot production, opens in theaters on July 17.