held a hidden feature: if you played it on a certain decoder, left channel carried English, right carried Italian. Some viewers, lost in the Adriatic on a stormy night, would set the balance to center—hearing both languages at once. For a moment, Odysseus became neither Greek nor Hollywood, but a man speaking two tongues of longing: nostos (homecoming) in both.
Here’s a short story-like summary of that production, framed through its unique bilingual and mythical lens: The Two Voices of Odysseus The Odyssey - L-Odissea -1997- ITA ENG Ac3 2.0 ...
You hear Assante’s own voice, growling at Polyphemus, weeping for Elpenor, lying skillfully to Athena. This was the version that aired on NBC—heroic, sharp, and Hollywood-polished. held a hidden feature: if you played it