The Odyssey translator Emily Wilson, whose 2017 translation of the Ancient Greek text served as a major inspiration for Christopher Nolan’s recent adaptation, is once again taking aim at the film.

Last month, Wilson made headlines when she branded the screenplay Nolan’s star-studded movie – which received widespread praise from critics – “abysmal”, claiming she’d have been “ashamed” to have “written any part of this script” in a damning piece in the London Review Of Books.

After sparking debate, she has now penned a second piece, this time for The Atlantic, once again slating the Oscar winner’s latest work.

She claimed that, while Nolan’s film is “visually stunning”, the script is “emotionally empty”.

“The script grandly insists on the importance of human kindness, while the camera shows us an entirely different set of values,” she claimed..

“In these times of hatred and misinformation, we need more than the ‘apparent magic’ of deceptive images. We need art that is truthful about the costs and the necessity of compassion, and that recognises that a sense of spiritual superiority may not protect us from lies.”