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You have to believe in the gods

Sam Kriss · 2 Aug 2026

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  1. A real god is something different, an image so intense it generates and obliterates a potentially infinite number of meanings. The only way to make a decent work of art is to believe in the gods.
  2. Nolan is just the latest in a long line of movie adaptations of the Odyssey, and they all come up against the same problem. Cinema is not capable of representing the gods.

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