The Odyssey Tapes

About The Odyssey Tapes

A study of concert-artist Richard Dyer-Bennet at work on Homer's Odyssey - that is, developing a strategy for performing, in English, and in 1978, with harp in hand, this monumental 24 hour poem, which, in Homer's time and Homer's life, only existed in oral form - a long song, performed in public as entertainment and as tribal history.

The Odyssey Tapes (1988) is a documentary film directed by Jill Godmilow. It runs 30 minutes and was released in February 1988.

Richard Dyer-Bennett plays Performer.