Christopher Nolan imagines every movie is the last he'll ever make

60 Minutes Overtime Christopher Nolan imagines every movie is the last he'll ever make .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes-overtime.jpg'); } By Scott Pelley, Scott Pelley Correspondent, 60 Minutes Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded journalists today, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. The 2024-25 season is his 21st on the broadcast. Scott has won half of all major awards earned by 60 Minutes during his tenure at the venerable CBS newsmagazine. Read Full Bio Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Aliza Chasan, Aliza Chasan Digital Content Producer Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics. Read Full Bio Aliza Chasan, Kristin Steve May 17, 2026 / 7:17 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Christopher Nolan directed this summer's "The Odyssey" as if it would be the last movie he ever made, as he does for each of his films. From "Memento" to "Inception," "Oppenheimer" and "The Dark Knight," he pushes the limits of what's possible. "The Odyssey" is the first ever theatrical release shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. Over 91 days, Nolan shot 2 million feet of footage, filming across Greece, Iceland, Morocco, Italy and Scotland."In taking on 'The Odyssey,' it does become about scale. It needed to be the biggest film that we have done," Nolan said. "It needed to be challenging to all of us because that's the nature of the story."Adapting a story that's nearly 3,000 years oldNolan's "Odyssey" is an extreme version of the Bronze age war story. The highly anticipated epic is Nolan's 13th film in 28 years. Unlike many directors, he writes screenplays himself. "I feel a real responsibility to try and get as much on screen for the audience as possible to give the audience...