08/08/2026
🎬 POPCORN & PINTS EP. 262: FOLLOWING & THE ODYSSEY — A MAN FOLLOWS STRANGERS & A KING FINDS HOME
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We openly discuss major plot points, twists, endings, and key moments.
If you haven't seen these films yet — consider this your warning.
Tonight on Popcorn & Pints we're doing something special — the complete Christopher Nolan journey in one night.
In 1998, a broke film student named Christopher Nolan shot a 70-minute noir thriller on weekends in London for $6,000. Nobody knew his name. Nobody knew what was coming. Then he made Memento. Then Batman Begins. Then The Dark Knight. Then Inception. Then Interstellar. Then Oppenheimer. And now — The Odyssey. Shot entirely on IMAX 70mm cameras. $250 million budget. Matt Damon as Odysseus. One of the greatest casts ever assembled. From $6,000 to $250 million. From London streets to ancient Greece. This is the Nolan story.
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🎬 THE FILMS
FOLLOWING (1999)
Director: Christopher Nolan | Written by: Christopher Nolan
Country: United Kingdom
Released: November 5, 1999 | Runtime: 1h 9min | Rated: R
Budget: $6,000 | Box Office: $126,052
A young unemployed writer wanders the streets of London following strangers — a harmless obsession that turns dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious burglar named Cobb. Christopher Nolan shot this on black-and-white 16mm film, on weekends over the course of a year, with friends as cast and crew. It cost $6,000. It played in two theaters at a time. And it contains every seed of the filmmaker Nolan would become — the nonlinear structure, the obsessive protagonist, the twist you didn't see coming. The greatest debut film in modern cinema history.
📺 Streaming on Criterion Channel | Kanopy (Free)
🔗 Rent: Amazon Video
🍕 Food: Cheap London takeaway — the kind of meal a broke writer eats between following strangers through the city
🍺 Drinks: A pint of something British — whatever you'd drink in a London pub in 1998 with no money and big dreams
🍿 Snacks: Anything cheap and easy — this film was made for £6,000 and it doesn't need anything fancy
THE ODYSSEY (2026)
Director: Christopher Nolan | Written by: Christopher Nolan
Based on: The Odyssey by Homer
Country: United Kingdom / United States
Released: July 17, 2026 | Runtime: 2h 52min | Rated: R
Budget: $250M | Box Office: $700M+ Worldwide
After the fall of Troy, Odysseus — King of Ithaca — begins the journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. What follows is one of the most perilous, mythic, and emotionally devastating voyages in all of literature. Christopher Nolan shot the entire film on IMAX 70mm cameras — a first in cinema history. Matt Damon is magnificent as Odysseus. Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong'o — every single performance lands. Ludwig Göransson's score is transcendent. Nolan's biggest film. His most epic vision. And it's in theaters right now.
🎬 In Theaters & IMAX Now — July 17, 2026
🍕 Food: Mediterranean feast food — olives, bread, fresh fish, anything you'd eat on the shores of ancient Greece
🍺 Drinks: Red wine, something fit for a king returning home after twenty years at sea
🍿 Snacks: Pack enough for nearly three hours of the most epic film of 2026
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