Christopher Nolan on Ran influence on The Odyssey

投稿者: Professional Portal ☀️: Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985) gets the highest praise from Christopher Nolan, who calls it the best film of that year and a main reference for The Odyssey (2026). I'm with him on this, honestly. The film is routinely ranked among the all-time greats, with Kurosawa turning Shakespearean tragedy into a monumental epic where each frame is pure artistry. Nolan points to a connection between the environment and wind in his finished film, saying: "There's this relationship between the environment and the wind. Now that I look at [our] finished film, I think it was a huge influence." That environmental thread clearly shaped his work.