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You could be forgiven for thinking Christopher Nolan doesn\u2019t give much thought to what the audience wants. His reputation as an exacting director precedes him. His last three films before adapting a millennia-old poem were a historical epic about an evacuation operation, a time-travel thriller that\u2019s knotty to the point of confusion and a biopic on a physicist. But despite these odd and somewhat unfashionable choices, he cares deeply about the opinion of the average theatergoer.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with the Guardian ahead of the release of \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d Nolan said he was \u201cpetrified\u201d by the idea of a negative response from audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt never gets any easier, because I make films for audiences and the audience tells me what it likes,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d be doing my job right if I wasn\u2019t petrified every time I put a film out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast to the grand, imperial scale of his latest release, a $250 million blockbuster starring Matt Damon, Nolan said that the release weekend leaves him in an incredibly vulnerable place.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey finish the film. I don\u2019t have anything to hide behind,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t just be like: \u2018Oh, people don\u2019t get it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While Nolan might not be resting easy, he told the Guardian that he plans to take a break now that \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d is out in the world. He told the outlet that his decision to film with cumbersome IMAX cameras on location frequently left him entirely exhausted. The Oscar winner said he wasn\u2019t trying to be \u201cdifficult\u201d but he knew that an adaptation of such a grand story required \u201cthings that you haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more we talk about it, the more it feels like it was a some sort of Herzogian ordeal but that\u2019s really not my bag,\u201d he said. \u201cNature and the real world gives you a scale and a set of options and serendipity that you can\u2019t achieve in the studio. But yeah, it was daunting physically and there were times where I felt like maybe I\u2019d bitten off more than I could chew.\u201d<\/p>\n

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