For his upcoming film The Odyssey, director Christopher Nolan has continued his preference for physical film over digital formats, resulting in a complete print reportedly stretching around 11 miles long and weighing more than a grizzly bear. The scale reflects Nolan's well-known commitment to shooting and presenting his work on large-format film, particularly IMAX, a practice he has championed throughout his career on films such as Oppenheimer and Dunkirk.

The comparison to a grizzly bear's weight has been used to illustrate just how physically substantial a single copy of the film is, underscoring the enormous logistical undertaking involved in printing, transporting and projecting movies shot this way. The Odyssey, Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic, is among his most ambitious projects to date, and its use of extensive practical, large-format film only adds to the anticipation surrounding its scale and visual presentation.