The Odyssey cyclops was inspired by one of historys goriest paintings

Christoper Nolan has achieved impressive Rotten Tomatoes record with The Odyssey

When the New York premiere of Christopher Nolan’s take on “The Odyssey” was held on July 14, looming over the red carpet in Manhattan was an almost-40-foot statue of a horse.

No other film-maker is able to make studios retreat from the battlefield like Nolan, such is his clout.

But Nolan’s version is a fear-struck woman, a sort of apologetic alter-ego of Homer’s heroine.