Rent Oedipus Rex (1967)
3.7 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- The film is divided into three sections set in different eras. The opening takes place in 1920's Italy, and recounts a birth that echoes that of the director himself, the product of a beautiful bourgeoise's affair with a military officer. The mid section depicts a time "outside of history" - it is here that the myth of Oedipus (portrayed by Franco Citti), one of patricide and incest, plays out opposite the young man's mother/lover (Silvana Mangano). An epilogue shot on the streets of present-day Bologna finds Oedipus playing his flute for a bustling citizenry.
- Actors:
- Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Francesco Leonetti, Ahmed Belhachmi, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Giandomenico Davoli, Ninetto Davoli, Laura Betti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Isabel Ruth
- Directors:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Producers:
- Alfredo Bini
- Writers:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Aka:
- Edipo Re
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of The Classical World In Cinema, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/09/2012
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Italian Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Oedipus Rex
Powerfully Visual - Oedipus Rex review by CV
This was a very visual interpretation of Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex using wide panoramic views, close up views and little dialogue. The beginning and end are set in 1920's Italy but the career of Oedipus is set in the past. Inventive costuming adds a macabre and remote feel to the experience and the photography (in colour) is of high quality. The action is easy to follow, you don't need to be a classics scholar to enjoy this film. Viewers may be familiar with Freud's interpretation of the Oedipus Rex complex but his theory does not follow from the logic of the play: Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother quite by accident which events were foretold by prophecy. How the "contemporary" Oedipus at the end came to be blind is left to the imagination. This is an excellent introduction to appreciating Greek tragedy.
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