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Mumbai, Maharashtra: During an exclusive press conference, Director Christopher Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and actors Matt Damon and Tom Holland spoke about their film 'The Odyssey'. During the interaction, Christopher Nolan reflected on his earlier visit to India and explained why the makers chose the country to host one of 'The Odyssey's special pre-release screenings. Matt Damon shared why the film holds a special place in his heart and revealed the filmmaker he would most like to collaborate with in the future. Tom Holland and Emma Thomas also spoke about their experience of working on the highly anticipated project and what audiences can expect from the epic film.
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00:00Can I just have my friends in the audience say hi nicely to me?
00:04Thank you, much better.
00:07Now let's be formal.
00:11Distinguished members of the media of India and across Southeast Asia,
00:15welcome and good morning to you.
00:17Partners, friends of cinema and fellow dreamers,
00:21welcome to the iconic Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai.
00:25We're delighted to have each and every one of you with us
00:28for what promises to be a very special morning.
00:31Before we begin, I'd like to just give you a couple of house rules.
00:35No filming is permitted on your phones during this press conference.
00:40We promise to provide you with complete coverage of today's event,
00:43so we please ask for your kind cooperation.
00:45However, a little birdie told me that you could actually record audio if you feel like.
00:51Now would be a good time to turn your phones to silent.
00:54Can I give you a second to do that?
00:58Kindly note, washrooms on this level are inaccessible today.
01:02So kindly use the washrooms located on the ground floor.
01:05Our team can guide you should you need any assistance.
01:08Once we've welcomed our guests on stage,
01:11we will open the floor for a moderated media Q&A.
01:15We request you to kindly only ask your question when invited.
01:19And that too, please do mention who you want to ask the question to,
01:24because there are four people on stage with me.
01:27Once the session concludes, kindly exit through the main doors behind you.
01:31Our team will assist you.
01:34And on that note, let's turn our attention to the reason we're all gathered here today.
01:39This is not a press conference, I'll be honest.
01:42It's a celebration of storytelling at its grandest scale.
01:45A film inspired by humanity's greatest adventure.
01:50A story of courage, destiny, and an extraordinary journey home, the Odyssey.
01:59Would you like more volume?
02:01Could you help us with that, please?
02:05Is this better for you?
02:06Thank you for that.
02:08Now, Mumbai has always been a city that embraces cinema like no other.
02:12Over the last 24 hours, that relationship has been on full display.
02:17If you were here at the screening yesterday, if you were,
02:20you can give yourselves a round of applause.
02:23Yes!
02:27It was so beautiful.
02:29It was so special.
02:30I said this off script last night when I said we're bonded for life,
02:34this team that was in that screen.
02:35The screening ended with a special greeting from Team Odyssey
02:38that included the producer, actors, and the director at the movie theater.
02:43This is also the first time India has become part of a global premiere tour
02:48for a major Hollywood film.
02:50And today, we're thrilled to welcome the filmmakers and members of the cast
02:55for this landmark moment,
02:57celebrating one of the year's most anticipated cinematic moments.
03:02I'd also like to take a moment and welcome all our guests
03:05who come all the way from their countries.
03:07A warm welcome to each of you.
03:09My friends in India, please put your hands together and give them a warm welcome.
03:14Thank you for being with us.
03:17May I welcome our guests for this morning?
03:20Our first guest is an Academy Award-winning producer
03:24whose vision and dedication has helped bring some of the most acclaimed
03:29and ambitious films of our time onto the big screen.
03:32As the producer of The Odyssey,
03:35she continues to champion bold storytelling and cinematic excellence.
03:40Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Academy Award-winning producer
03:44Emma Thomas.
04:02Thank you, Emma, for joining us again.
04:04Now, please join me in welcoming someone
04:07who is representing a new generation of global movie stars,
04:11an actor whose energy, charm, and talent
04:14have captivated audiences around the world,
04:17a performer who effortlessly bridges the gap
04:21between intense dramatic grit and blockbuster spectacle.
04:26Please welcome Tom Holland.
04:42Our next guest is an actor whose career has taken audiences
04:46across galaxies, battlefields, racetracks,
04:49and some of the most unforgettable stories of our time.
04:53A performer of remarkable depth, charisma, and versatility,
04:57please welcome Academy Award winner, Matt Damon.
05:17Thank you, Matt, and welcome once again.
05:19A visionary who doesn't just make movies,
05:22but completely reshapes how we experience time,
05:25scale, and storytelling itself.
05:27An Academy Award winner whose work has redefined modern cinema
05:31and inspired audiences across the world.
05:34Today, he takes us on the ultimate voyage,
05:37turning one of the world's most influential stories in human history
05:41into an immersive cinematic spectacle.
05:44Mumbai.
05:45Please welcome Christopher Nolan.
06:09Good morning.
06:10Thank you so much for joining me, Emma, Tom, Matt, and Chris.
06:13A very warm Mumbai welcome, as it's been since yesterday.
06:17I hope you've been enjoying your time here already.
06:20Yeah, very much.
06:21It's fantastic being here, and we feel very, very welcome.
06:24Thank you so much.
06:25I'm going to start with one question each,
06:28and then we're going to open this to our friends from the media,
06:30and I'm going to start with you.
06:33After producing so many acclaimed films,
06:36I must ask you,
06:37what is the most unique or special bit about The Odyssey?
06:42Oh my goodness, where do I begin?
06:45I think the thing that was really unique about The Odyssey
06:48was the scale of it,
06:51because I think every film that we've made
06:54has its own challenges,
06:58but this film felt like it had many challenges,
07:01and we shot it in multiple locations.
07:08Each of them had very complicated
07:12and big set pieces that we had to shoot,
07:15and on pretty much every film we've ever made,
07:18there's always at least one big scene
07:20where you kind of spend a lot of time
07:22thinking about how you're going to do it,
07:24but this one, there were so many,
07:25and each time you finished one
07:27and you felt good about finishing it,
07:29you'd realize that,
07:30oh no, next week we have to do another one.
07:33But we had an amazing cast,
07:36and we had fantastic crew,
07:37a global crew,
07:41and everyone was sort of perfectly qualified
07:43with all the experience that they'd gained
07:46on the other films to make this one work.
07:48Well, thank you so much.
07:50Did we forget to mention that,
07:51at least me personally,
07:53I love the film,
07:54and a lot of my friends here might have the same,
07:57but we're embargoed and all that,
07:58so we can't say,
08:00we can't say too much.
08:02Maybe we'll just move an eyebrow or something.
08:05I'm going to move to Tom.
08:06Hi, Tom.
08:07Hello.
08:08I want to talk to you about that moment
08:10that might have left you speechless
08:12while you were filming.
08:14Oh, a moment that, for me,
08:17left me speechless would have to have been
08:19my first day on set,
08:21and I wasn't working that day.
08:23I went to visit because I wanted to kind of
08:25get an understanding of what I was walking into,
08:28and I remember we were in Morocco,
08:30and I walked over the brow of this sand dune,
08:32and it felt more like I had gone back in time
08:36than I had walked onto a film set.
08:38The scale of what we were doing
08:40was so overwhelming.
08:43You know, I'm looking at thousands of people in costume,
08:46hundreds of boats,
08:48the horse is listing in the sand
08:50as the waves are crashing into it,
08:51and I remember an AD said to me,
08:53just go that way,
08:55and eventually you'll find the crew.
08:58And I remember walking for what felt like miles,
09:01and then eventually, you know,
09:03I saw Matt and Chris kind of
09:05at the epicenter of this massive thing,
09:09and I just remember that day pinching myself
09:13and sort of telling myself to drink this all in
09:15because this is unlike anything
09:17that has ever been done before
09:19and probably ever again.
09:20Well, thank you.
09:22That was beautiful.
09:23A round of applause for that.
09:26Matt, thank you so much
09:28for your brilliant performance as Odysseus.
09:30I want to ask you,
09:32what does Odysseus teach us today
09:34that the modern world might have forgotten?
09:38Wow, wonderful question.
09:40I just want to add really quickly to Tom's,
09:43just because there was one story
09:45it just reminded me of,
09:46which was in terms of the scale of this film.
09:49We were shooting Troy,
09:50the sacking of Troy.
09:52And there was a shot where
09:54Hoytta was following me with the camera.
09:57He had it on his shoulder.
09:59And buildings were on fire,
10:01and there were thousands of people battling,
10:04and somebody ran past me on fire
10:07just through the crowd
10:08as a little detail in the shot.
10:10And through this incredible, beautiful chaos,
10:15we hear Chris shout, cut,
10:18and everything stops.
10:20And Hoytta takes the camera off his shoulder
10:22and hands it off and turns to me and says,
10:25you realize this is a flashback?
10:31So that was my moment where I went,
10:34this is really big.
10:35This is as big as it gets.
10:38But I think Odysseus certainly,
10:43and certainly in this film,
10:45teaches us that you will live
10:49with the consequences of your choices.
10:52And so choose carefully.
10:55Wow.
10:56So beautifully said.
10:58For someone who's always taken us to the future,
11:01you took us to the past this time,
11:03and then made us suddenly think about our present.
11:05That is Christopher Nolan for you,
11:07ladies and gentlemen.
11:10Chris, I want to ask you
11:11a very personal question,
11:13because this is a question
11:14from all of us in the room today.
11:16What made you choose India
11:18as part of the Odyssey's press tour journey?
11:22Oh, well, that's easy.
11:23I mean, I first came to Mumbai years ago,
11:28brought by my friend Shavendra
11:30to do a conference about the future of film.
11:33And I met a lot of filmmakers
11:34and really got to know a little bit
11:37about the film culture here.
11:39And I've never been anywhere in the world
11:42with an appreciation of what movies can be
11:45and what they should be for audiences.
11:47And to me, it seemed crazy
11:49that we wouldn't be bringing our films here
11:52to premiere them for Mumbai audiences.
11:55And I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to do this.
11:57We had actually intended to come with Tenet originally,
12:00because we filmed here in Mumbai.
12:02And then because of the pandemic,
12:04we weren't able to.
12:05And so finally, we're actually able to.
12:08And it's a thrill.
12:09We've wanted to do this for years.
12:11And Mumbai feels special.
12:13These last 24 hours.
12:15I mean, how do you give joy to a city?
12:17Ask Christopher Nolan, I guess.
12:18Yeah, it was beautiful.
12:19Thank you so much.
12:20Thank you, everybody.
12:21That's, I promised you just one question for each.
12:24This is where we move to you, my wonderful audience.
12:27We're opening the floor for questions.
12:28But as we've said,
12:30we're going to take names of you first.
12:32And then please do point your question
12:34to who you want to ask it to.
12:36We're going to start with Alka Shahani
12:37from the Indian Express.
12:46Thank you, Mr. Nolan and your extraordinary team
12:49for bringing this spectacular experience to India first.
12:53As you know,
12:56in India there is a massive fandom you have.
12:59You enjoy their love and appreciation.
13:01What do you think has contributed
13:03to building this connection?
13:06I mean, I just like to think
13:09that films are a universal language.
13:10It's one of the reasons,
13:11one of the things I most enjoy
13:13about working on large-scale films
13:16is you get to take them around the world
13:18and you get to connect with different cultures
13:20all across the world.
13:22And I think when films really connect,
13:25when they have universal themes
13:27and sort of timeless themes,
13:29as I hope that the Odyssey does,
13:31it's wonderful how it kind of brings us together.
13:34And for us to go on the road
13:36and travel and come here,
13:38you know,
13:39so I was about to say far from home.
13:43I didn't want to say that.
13:45LAUGHTER
13:48I got stuck.
13:52I'm just going to say,
13:53if you see only one Tom Holland film this summer,
14:00it's pretty thrilling
14:01to come to a completely different place
14:05and find, you know, commonality,
14:08find entertainment together,
14:09find laughter and love and tears together
14:11in a movie theatre.
14:12It's what the movies are all about,
14:13so this is the ultimate kind of expression
14:15of that for us.
14:17And it's been really thrilling
14:18to see our films in the past
14:20connect with Indian audiences.
14:22So thank you.
14:23Thank you, Alka Ji, for your question.
14:25I'm going to move on,
14:26but hey, we had that in joke, okay?
14:28And forever.
14:29Let's move on to Anupama Kumar
14:31from the IANS.
14:32Hi, Anupama.
14:34Hello.
14:34Hello, everyone.
14:36My question is for Matt.
14:38So yesterday when I saw this film,
14:40before I ask my question,
14:41let me tell you
14:42that it brought back my childhood memories
14:44when I read the poem,
14:46The Odyssey.
14:47And my question to you is that
14:49of all the characters
14:50that you have done
14:50in your career spanning 30, 35 years,
14:53which one has impacted you personally the most?
14:59Well, I think I would have to say this one
15:07because at having the benefit
15:12of those 35 years behind me
15:15and to have the opportunity
15:20the opportunity to play a role like this.
15:24He's such a fascinating, complex character.
15:30But to do it at this scale,
15:33in this way, with Chris,
15:36you know, everything practical,
15:37everything in camera,
15:39it felt like my one chance
15:42to make a David Lean movie.
15:44And I'd always wanted to do that.
15:47And I felt such gratitude
15:50from the moment he called me.
15:52I knew what this was,
15:54I mean, I had a sense
15:56of what this was going to entail.
15:58And it required so much work
16:00from so many thousands of people.
16:03But you knew you were among kindred spirits.
16:06Every single person there
16:07wanted to be there and nowhere else.
16:10And we collected crew members
16:12in every country we went to.
16:14And you knew you were working
16:16with the elite from that country
16:18who were coming on board
16:20for that section
16:21to kind of take on that set piece.
16:22And then you'd move on
16:24and you'd pick up new members
16:27in Greece, in Italy, in Iceland, in Morocco.
16:30It was just the most exceptional group of people
16:34who were all there for the same reason.
16:37And so I think, you know,
16:41I said to Emma early on,
16:42I can't believe you decided
16:44to produce this movie.
16:45What is wrong with you?
16:46You know, I said, I'm so happy
16:48I'm not a producer on this movie
16:52because the level of coordination
16:53would just beggar the imagination.
16:55But she said to me, you know,
16:57this is like six or seven movies,
17:00but we've actually made
17:01each of these movies already.
17:02You know, we've done,
17:03we've been on the water with Dunkirk.
17:05We've been up mountains with Batman.
17:07You know, so we've made all of these movies.
17:09And so we're prepared to make this one.
17:11And that's kind of how I felt.
17:12It took every kind of tool in the toolkit
17:15that I've been evolving and refining for my life
17:20to meet this moment.
17:21And I got to meet it
17:23with the most extraordinary group of people.
17:25So I would have to say this is the one.
17:27Thank you for your question, Arupama.
17:30And thank you for your answer, Matt.
17:31We move to Naini Thakkar from Forbes, India.
17:34And Naini, there's a mic coming to you.
17:37Hi.
17:38First of all, congratulations.
17:40What an incredible film.
17:41And it was truly an experience to all of you.
17:45My question's for you, Tom.
17:47Indian audiences sort of love
17:49these larger-than-life kind of films.
17:51What do you think will surprise them
17:53about the Odyssey?
17:56I think the thing that is most surprising
17:59is that the scope and the scale
18:03doesn't come at the behest of the emotion.
18:05I think you're going to see a movie
18:07where you're going to see set pieces
18:08that are going to blow you away.
18:10And you'll see things
18:11that you've never seen before.
18:13But I think that because Chris decided
18:16to shoot this movie on IMAX,
18:18he is welcoming the audience
18:20into an experience
18:22that I think is really unique.
18:23And I think that you will get to feel
18:26the heartache that Matt portrays so well.
18:29You'll get to feel the longing
18:30from Anne Hathaway as Penelope.
18:33And I think that I've never experienced
18:37anything like that as an audience member,
18:39let alone as an actor.
18:40So I just think people will watch this movie
18:42and feel a sense of connection
18:44to Chris's work and our work
18:47that feels really unique and profound.
18:49I totally agree with you.
18:51I know I was bawling pretty much
18:52to the second half.
18:53So thank you so much.
18:55Thank you, Naini.
18:55We're going to move to Reshmi
18:57from the Deccan Chronicle.
18:58Hi, Reshmi.
18:59Good morning.
19:01Hi.
19:02I'm still hung over the movie.
19:04So thank you so much,
19:06Mr. Nolan and Matt and Tom.
19:08Thanks for the brilliant work.
19:10My question is for Emma.
19:12Emma, if you had to describe
19:14the Odyssey in three words
19:16which the Indian audiences
19:17are like waiting to experience,
19:19what would they be?
19:21Hmm.
19:22It's a hard one.
19:24I would say, gosh, epic.
19:29It has to be the first one.
19:31I mean, it's, you know,
19:32it's absolutely huge
19:33and the story is told
19:35on the grandest scale.
19:38I would say experiential.
19:44It's a big experience.
19:46It sort of really makes you feel
19:47like you're in it with the characters.
19:49And then finally,
19:51and actually most importantly,
19:53I would say human.
19:54Because I think that as big as the movie is
19:58and as sort of,
19:59and as far in the past as we know,
20:02as it takes place,
20:04ultimately what really distinguishes
20:06this story for me is the fact that,
20:08and I think what is so great
20:09about what Chris
20:10and these amazing actors have done
20:12is that it makes us identify,
20:13it makes us realize
20:16that we have more in common
20:18with these people from the past
20:21and with our fellow human beings
20:23than we've realized.
20:25You know, we're all just human ultimately
20:26and we care about home,
20:29wherever that is,
20:29whether it's be a place
20:31or a relationship or whatever.
20:34And so, yeah, human.
20:36Epic, experiential, human.
20:39Thank you so much, Reishan.
20:40That's much better than my three words,
20:41which we're going to be
20:42Matt, Tom, and Anne.
20:50Anupama Ramakrishnan
20:51from the Deccan Herald is next.
20:55Hello, Odyssey family.
20:58And to the head of the family,
20:59my question is for you, Chris.
21:02One thing that really fascinates me
21:04about the Odyssey
21:05is that we don't actually know
21:07if Homer was a single person at all.
21:11The poem may have come
21:13from a generation of storytellers
21:15and you have a distinct voice.
21:17When you adapt a story
21:18with no definitive author
21:20as some believe,
21:21does it feel creatively freeing
21:23or does it make you feel
21:25you don't have
21:25an even greater responsibility?
21:29That's a great question.
21:32Yeah, I mean,
21:33I certainly wasn't worried
21:34that Homer,
21:35whoever or whatever they were
21:37was going to come after me
21:38in the press or anything.
21:40But Homer,
21:42whoever or whatever they are,
21:43has plenty of representatives
21:44who feel they know
21:45exactly what was intended.
21:47So anytime you take on
21:49a piece of literature
21:51that's known
21:52and beloved
21:52by so many people
21:53and this is a story
21:54that's fascinated generation
21:56after generation
21:57for 3,000 years,
21:59a lot of different people
22:00have a lot of different ideas
22:01of what it's going to be like.
22:03But for me,
22:04like when Emma and I
22:06were doing
22:06the Dark Knight films
22:07and we were working
22:08on a beloved character,
22:09you know, Batman,
22:11we sort of realized
22:12that you just have to make
22:13the best film you can
22:14and put a strong interpretation,
22:17your interpretation on.
22:19And I think people
22:20who love the piece of literature,
22:22in this case,
22:23the Odyssey,
22:24hopefully they enjoy
22:26the respect
22:26that we're showing
22:28to the original source
22:29by making as good a film
22:30as we know how to make.
22:32I have a literature background
22:34and I understand
22:35you have two,
22:36so...
22:37Sorry, I...
22:38She asks if you have
22:39a literature background
22:40because she is,
22:41she's someone
22:41who studied literature.
22:43Oh, I studied literature
22:45at university
22:46but not very well,
22:48so I don't have...
22:48I don't really have
22:49much of a literature background
22:50but on paper I do.
22:53Thank you, Anupamala.
22:54Let's move to Rohit Khilnani
22:56from the Bollywood Hangama.
22:57Hi, Rohit.
22:58Good morning.
23:02Hi.
23:02Great to see all of you
23:03in Mumbai
23:04and as always,
23:05you're doing a wonderful job,
23:06Rohini.
23:07My question is to Matt.
23:08You know,
23:09when we walk out
23:09of the theater,
23:10we...
23:11Odysseus stays with us.
23:12You know,
23:12his qualities,
23:14there's so much
23:15to think about.
23:16What is that one quality
23:18or few qualities
23:19that stayed with you
23:20that you would like
23:20to invite?
23:22Oh, great question
23:23because I think
23:24it depends
23:25sometimes really
23:27where you are
23:27in your own life
23:28when you encounter
23:29this story.
23:30I think that's why
23:30it's endured, right?
23:32Because, you know,
23:34as a young man,
23:35I probably viewed it
23:37more as a coming-of-age story.
23:40You know,
23:42encountering again
23:43in my 50s,
23:45it struck me
23:46very differently
23:47and I really related
23:49to this character
23:49and with a lot
23:51of life behind him,
23:52a lot of,
23:53you know,
23:53he's flawed,
23:54he doesn't make
23:55the right choice,
23:56he very much has to live
23:57with what he's done.
24:00But, yeah,
24:01I probably,
24:01if I had one word,
24:03I mean,
24:04complicated is the word
24:05that Homer used,
24:06so that would be one
24:07but having been
24:09through this experience,
24:10perhaps endurance.
24:13That's true.
24:14Thank you, Rohit,
24:15for your question.
24:16Let's move to
24:17Ikta Sinha from L.
24:19Hi, Ikta.
24:19Good morning.
24:20Hi.
24:21Firstly,
24:22I hope you guys
24:23are enjoying
24:23your time in India.
24:24The film was so stunning.
24:26I'm still in haze
24:27of the film.
24:29My question is for you, Tom.
24:30You have done
24:31so many films
24:32across your journey
24:33in the film industry
24:34for now
24:35and the Odyssey
24:35is all about
24:36adventure,
24:37identity,
24:38preservance.
24:39What of these themes
24:41resonated with you
24:42the most?
24:43Sorry,
24:44say that again?
24:45What of these themes
24:46resonated with you
24:47the most?
24:48Be it adventure,
24:49the identity piece
24:50or the preservance
24:51of the story?
24:52Well,
24:53the adventure
24:53is something
24:54that excites me.
24:55What I love
24:56about making movies
24:56is you never really
24:58know what's
24:58around the corner
24:59and making a movie
25:00with Chris
25:00on this scale,
25:01you really never know
25:02what's around the corner.
25:03It could be a 30-foot cyclops.
25:07But the idea
25:08of self-discovery
25:09and identity
25:10I find really interesting,
25:11especially for Telemachus.
25:13He's a young kid
25:14who is becoming a man
25:16and it, for me,
25:17feels very much
25:18like the original
25:19coming-of-age story.
25:21And I think exploring
25:22something like that
25:23in a movie
25:24of this size
25:25was really,
25:26really exciting.
25:27And, you know,
25:28I know I spoke
25:29about it before,
25:29but what was so exciting
25:30was shooting
25:32those really intimate moments
25:33on an IMAX camera
25:35because it felt like
25:37when we were making
25:37the movie,
25:38you guys were already
25:39in the room with us.
25:40You know,
25:40there really was a sense
25:42that this movie
25:43is a love letter
25:44to cinema
25:44and therefore
25:45to our audiences.
25:46And I think
25:47feeling that pressure
25:48on a daily basis
25:49was really exciting.
25:52And, you know,
25:52in some circumstances,
25:53pressure is a privilege.
25:54And on this movie,
25:55it really was.
25:57So for me,
25:58I think exploring
26:00that self-identity
26:01and knowing
26:02that we were doing
26:02it on the biggest stage
26:04was really quite something
26:06to handle
26:07on a daily basis.
26:09Thank you,
26:09Ekta,
26:10for your question.
26:10Rajesh Naidu
26:11from the Economic Times.
26:13Next.
26:14Hi.
26:15Congratulations
26:15to the team.
26:17Since last year,
26:18Hollywood films
26:19have been doing
26:19really well in India.
26:21I mean,
26:21the share of the total
26:23box office revenues
26:24is 11 to 12%.
26:25My question
26:27is to Emma.
26:28Do you think
26:29India will emerge
26:31as one of the biggest
26:32things,
26:32drivers for
26:33box office revenue
26:34for global cinema
26:35in India?
26:36For global cinema.
26:40Sorry,
26:40do I think...
26:41My question is
26:43do you think
26:43India will emerge
26:44as one of the biggest
26:45drivers of box office
26:46collection
26:46for global films?
26:48I mean,
26:49yes.
26:49I mean,
26:51India is clearly
26:52a market
26:55that loves cinema.
26:56I mean,
26:56you have such
26:57a vibrant
27:00sort of
27:01Bollywood
27:02and other
27:03Indian film
27:05tradition here
27:06and I'm
27:06thrilled that
27:08Hollywood
27:09is also seeing
27:10the potential
27:10for bringing
27:12films here.
27:14I think that
27:15there's been
27:16a lot of talk
27:17in Hollywood
27:18about people
27:19not going
27:19to the cinemas
27:20anymore
27:20and I think
27:21that India
27:21is showing
27:22us
27:23that actually
27:24the future
27:25is in theatres
27:28and so
27:29we're very happy
27:30to be able
27:30to bring
27:31this film here.
27:32We're very happy
27:32that there will be
27:33many more films
27:33here and we're
27:34very happy
27:34that Hollywood
27:36films are doing
27:38such great
27:38business here
27:40because ultimately
27:41as Chris said,
27:42you know,
27:43what we love to do
27:43is make films
27:44that resonate
27:45with people
27:46around the world
27:48and so it's
27:49a huge privilege
27:50to be able
27:50to release movies
27:51in India.
27:53Thank you, Rajesh.
27:54I'm going to move
27:55to Kiran Jain
27:56from the Amar Ojala.
27:58Hi, Kiran.
27:58Good morning.
27:59Hi.
27:59Good morning.
28:00Hi.
28:01Firstly, congratulations
28:01and thank you
28:02for bringing
28:03such a beautiful
28:03movie to us.
28:04My name is Kiran
28:05and my question
28:06is to Chris.
28:07So you've inspired
28:09many people in India
28:10to watch films
28:11in IMAX.
28:12What was your
28:12experience working
28:13in India
28:14and what makes
28:15Indian IMAX fans
28:16so special?
28:18My experience
28:19working in India,
28:21I mean,
28:21I've had two experiences
28:23working in India,
28:24one in Jodhpur,
28:25one in Mumbai
28:26and it was fabulous.
28:28I mean,
28:29certainly for somebody
28:31coming with fresh eyes
28:32to this city,
28:34everywhere you look
28:35there's something
28:36that you want
28:37to photograph
28:37as a filmmaker.
28:38Everywhere you see beauty,
28:40you see texture,
28:41you see things
28:42and it was such a pleasure
28:44to engage
28:46with local crews
28:47and we had,
28:48you know,
28:49wonderful assistant directors
28:50and camera crew
28:52and everything.
28:52It was fantastic
28:53and we were shooting
28:54IMAX at that time.
28:56On this film,
28:58we shot IMAX
29:00for the entire movie
29:01which we weren't able
29:02to do on any
29:03of the earlier films
29:04because we didn't have
29:05a way of silencing
29:06the cameras.
29:07so on this film,
29:09for the first time,
29:10we had this blimping system
29:12where you could
29:12put the camera
29:13into this box
29:14and it was quiet enough
29:15that we could shoot,
29:17you know,
29:17these guys performing
29:18their most dramatic scenes.
29:19So the entire film
29:20is on IMAX.
29:22I mean,
29:23you know,
29:23we were in an IMAX theater
29:24last night
29:25and it's just,
29:26I think,
29:28it was an absolutely
29:29beautiful theater
29:29and there are
29:32increasingly many
29:33beautiful theaters
29:34in India
29:36showing these
29:36large screen presentations.
29:39It's a really,
29:40really fun way
29:41to see a film
29:42and feel immersed
29:43in the entire movie
29:44and so what we're
29:45trying to do
29:45is shoot the film
29:47in the best way possible
29:48so that all of these
29:49places around the world
29:50and in India in particular
29:51where an audience
29:53can go and see it
29:54on one of these
29:54massive screens,
29:56they have the most
29:57incredible experience
29:58we can give them.
29:59Thank you so much
30:00for your question.
30:01I'm moving to
30:02Jeenal Bhatt
30:03from Variety India.
30:07Hi everyone,
30:08good morning.
30:09My question is
30:10for Matt.
30:13I'm glad that you're
30:14here with the team.
30:15Your movie has been
30:16amazing.
30:16You've rendered a room
30:17full of writers
30:18at a loss of words
30:19with what you've created
30:21but we'd love to
30:22have you back sooner
30:23so if there's
30:24an Indian filmmaker
30:25that you could
30:25collaborate with,
30:27who would that be
30:28and why?
30:29Oh wow.
30:32Gosh.
30:35I mean,
30:37yeah,
30:38the filmmaker
30:40starting out
30:41that everyone
30:43wanted to collaborate
30:44with was
30:45Shaker Kapoor
30:46and I remember
30:48when
30:49I couldn't do
30:50the Four Feathers
30:51for some reason
30:52and I was really
30:52upset about that
30:54because I think
30:55I was signed up
30:56for a Bourne movie
30:58so I guess
30:59he's always been
31:00on my list
31:00and so I'd like
31:01to have another go.
31:04That's like
31:05a 20-year-old
31:07little debt
31:07I've been carrying
31:08around in my pocket
31:09so I would say
31:10Thank you,
31:11thank you so much.
31:13Divya Malhotra
31:14from the ANI
31:15please.
31:16Good morning,
31:17Divya.
31:17Hi everyone.
31:19Welcome to India
31:20and my question
31:21is for you Tom
31:22that recently
31:23in an interview
31:24you revealed
31:24that you mistook
31:25Christopher Nolan's
31:27frequent cuts
31:28due to IMX timer
31:29to the dissatisfaction
31:32of your performance
31:33so since this is
31:34the first time
31:35that you're
31:35collaborating with him
31:36and shooting
31:37for the IMX timer
31:38camera
31:39so how has
31:41your approach
31:41to emotional
31:42scenes shooting
31:43has changed
31:44because that is
31:45the core
31:46of a mythological
31:47film
31:47the technical
31:49environment
31:50of shooting
31:51for an IMX
31:52camera
31:52how has
31:52the approach
31:53of shooting
31:54the emotional
31:55scenes
31:55has changed
31:56for you?
31:58Shooting with
31:59IMAX requires
32:00a great deal
32:01of collaboration
32:02not just between
32:03the actors
32:04and the director
32:04but the actors
32:05and the crew
32:06and then in turn
32:06the camera department
32:07we were so lucky
32:09that our camera
32:10department
32:10were more like
32:11an F1 pit crew
32:13than they were
32:14because they were
32:14so fast
32:15they were so effective
32:16they were so professional
32:18and for us
32:19when we're doing
32:20emotional scenes
32:21or scenes
32:22that require
32:23a lot of energy
32:24the death of that scene
32:25is the loss
32:27of momentum
32:27and those guys
32:29our team
32:29made sure
32:30that we never
32:31lost momentum
32:32so a lot of the credit
32:33has to go to them
32:35I think I was really lucky
32:36that I did a play
32:37the year before
32:38I did this movie
32:39because working
32:40with IMAX
32:40and understanding
32:41how precious
32:42that film was
32:43kind of feels
32:44a little bit
32:44like doing a stage play
32:46where you know
32:46that those moments
32:47are fleeting
32:48and if you miss it
32:49you'll have to wait
32:49till tomorrow
32:50to try and get it right
32:51so for me
32:53taking some of that
32:54on stage discipline
32:55to the set
32:56was really really helpful
32:57when we were trying
32:58to find those emotions
33:00and bring that to life
33:02and then the other thing
33:03that you have to try
33:04and figure out
33:05is that
33:05there's a big difference
33:07between stage acting
33:08and film acting
33:09and then I think
33:09there's almost
33:10an equal difference
33:11between film acting
33:12and IMAX acting
33:13because there's a subtlety
33:15that you have to bring
33:16just because logistically
33:18you're going to be
33:18a hundred foot tall
33:19which I wish I was
33:20by the way
33:21on the IMAX screen
33:23so figuring that out
33:25was a really fun challenge
33:27and I think everyone
33:28rose to the occasion
33:30Thank you so much
33:31Divya for your question
33:32we're going to
33:33Trisha from Live Mint
33:38Hello
33:39and welcome to India
33:40it's an absolute delight
33:41to speak to all of you
33:42and it was probably
33:45one of those movies
33:46that I will most likely
33:47go for once again
33:48and I will ask others
33:50to go for it
33:50I did text a bunch
33:52of my friends
33:52and I was like
33:53you have to go for it
33:54you cannot miss out
33:56on this
33:56so my question
33:58is for Emma
33:59and it is that
34:01Christopher Nolan's films
34:03have always had
34:04an incredibly passionate
34:05audience in India
34:06how special is it
34:08to bring the Odyssey
34:09here ahead of its release
34:10and to see that
34:12enthusiasm first hand
34:14as you saw yesterday
34:17well I mean
34:18as Chris said
34:19it's something that
34:19we've wanted to do
34:20for a long time
34:22to bring a film here
34:24and we've obviously
34:27heard about the passion
34:29and the excitement
34:30of the audiences here
34:31but it is amazing
34:33to see it in person
34:35we also had a little taste
34:37of it a few years back
34:38we brought a print
34:40of Dunkirk
34:41and screened it here
34:42and that was amazing
34:44and I think that was
34:45actually in many ways
34:46the sort of catalysts
34:47for wanting to bring
34:48a new film
34:50and yeah
34:51I mean it's
34:52as I said before
34:53it's just a privilege
34:54we're so lucky
34:55to get to do
34:56what we do
34:57in general
34:58but this experience
34:59of bringing a film here
35:01and getting to see
35:02audiences here
35:03and sort of really see
35:04what the cinemas look like
35:05and just sort of
35:06be here with you
35:08it's just a huge
35:09privilege
35:09and we know
35:11how lucky we are
35:12well thank you so much
35:13for your question
35:14and questions
35:15ladies and gentlemen
35:16this is where
35:17we'll close the floor
35:18and can I please
35:19request Team Odyssey
35:20now to leave
35:21their microphones behind
35:22on your chairs
35:23and we can stand up
35:24and take a photograph
35:25that's what's
35:26on my cards
35:27thank you so much
35:33thank you
35:34thank you
35:35do you want us to
35:36huddle
35:37huddle closer
35:38do we want to
35:39huddle closer
35:49one just with
35:50Team Odyssey please
35:59Emma, Tom, Matt, Christopher
36:01thank you so much
36:02for sharing your time
36:03your stories
36:04and your passion
36:04with us today
36:05there is truly
36:07something beautiful
36:08for us to be able
36:09to converse with you
36:10in a language
36:11that we're bonded in
36:12forever
36:12and that is cinema
36:13ladies and gentlemen
36:14please once again
36:16a round of applause
36:17for Team Odyssey
36:22thank you
36:36on behalf of
36:37Universal Pictures
36:38thank you so much
36:39to the media
36:39from India
36:40and across
36:40Southeast Asia
36:41for being part
36:42of this lovely morning
36:43thank you
36:44to the incredible
36:45team that made
36:45the event possible
36:46and most importantly
36:48thank you to audiences
36:49who continue to believe
36:50in the magic
36:51of the movies
36:51you my friends
36:53make that happen
36:54every day
36:54never forget that
36:56thank you for joining us
36:57enjoy the rest
36:57of your afternoon
36:58and we'll see you
36:59at the movies
37:00namaskar
37:00and thank you
37:01good job
37:02good job
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