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The earliest feature length adaptation of The Odyssey is this 1911 silent film created for the Turin World Fair. What do we think of this very straightforward adaptation and what does it say about our expectations for The Odyssey?
All this and more-- and next week we're taking on Christopher Nolan's The Prestige!
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