"Odysseus: Odysseus" - Koen ter Braak

A film made up of music videos, based on Homer's The Odyssey  and featuring music of artists like James Blake, Rosalía, Caroline Polachek, Nicolas Jaar and Frank Ocean. 

In the film, Odysseus recounts the story of how he traveled across the Mediterranean Sea after winning the Trojan War, determined to return to Ithaca, his home.

A story about psychedelic Lotus-flowers, socially awkward one-eyed giants, sexy Sirens, and queer witches.

About the sea.
About the wind.

About carnivorous drag queens, and about letting go.

"I'll leave once. After that I'll stay.

I'll leave maybe twice. But then I'll finally stay...

When I've left I'll stand still once and hesitate,

maybe twice as well - I don't know.

I'm right, I'll think. 

I'm taking the shortest way, the most precious way

and also the fastest way,

along abysses and elegant ruins,

along poppies, along screeching seagulls,

the way home."

I'll take the shortest way, the nicest way,

the road past poppies, past screaming seagulls -