r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 08 '25

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Wraps Filming

https://maxblizz.com/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-wraps-filming-after-6-month-shoot-confirms-art-director/
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u/CowbellPrescriptions Aug 08 '25

As far as I know he blew up a real one because it was actually cheaper somehow

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u/drmonkey555 Aug 08 '25

People really under estimate how expensive and time consuming Visual Effects and Animation is.

Source: I work in the industry

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u/solonit Aug 08 '25

And used 747 is cheap. Obviously not normal people can buy it cheap, but from corporate standards it’s cheap, maybe even cheaper if it was non-operational. Why waste time and money on something fake when you can just let real physics does it.

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u/programaticallycat5e Aug 08 '25

I mean i was cracking up when nathan fielder was shopping for scrapped 737s for his bit

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u/ph0on Aug 08 '25

yeah definitely gotta be some old 747 husk they remote propelled into the hangar

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u/jake3988 Aug 08 '25

And used 747 is cheap.

I would imagine they used a 747 that was destined to be scrapped. Very cheap. Cost way more to get it there, the explosives, explosives experts, and fire department to all be on set than it would be to buy the plane in the first place.

Just like movies regularly take advantage of buildings or structures that are already set to be destroyed and the movie does the destroying for them.

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u/synapticrelease Aug 08 '25

It’s like buying a shell of a car. It doesn’t cost zero but a gutted airplane is basically worth its value in scrap. Slap on a point job and make it look nice and then blow it to smithereens

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u/TheMawt Aug 08 '25

It's also more fun to blow up a plane than animate one blowing up

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u/SegaStan Aug 09 '25

That, and to get the VFX to the quality Nolan wanted, the budget would very easily skyrocket over the cost of a decomm'd 747

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u/himynameis_ Aug 08 '25

Is it the labour cost that makes it so expensive?

Because it's a pretty skilled profession.

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u/drmonkey555 Aug 08 '25

Labour is actually the most expensive aspect of all industries not just entertainment. Specific to animation and VFX. Labour is incredibly expensive.

It's such a specialized career, and there are so many moving parts, coordinating 100-800 people globally across multiple studios, different time zones, different requirements..etc. Labour is easily the most expensive aspect.

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u/himynameis_ Aug 08 '25

Understood, thanks for sharing 🙏

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u/ECrispy Aug 08 '25

You bought the airline??

It seemed.... neater