Oedipus Rex Edipo re / [videorecording] =
Edipo re [videorecording]
- Original, uncut, remastered version presented in widescreen format.
- [U.S.] : Water Bearer Films, c2003.
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Credits taken from container, on-screen credits in Italian.
Not licensed for classroom use
Music director, writer, script, and scenagraphy, Pier Pasolini (based on Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles); editor, Nino Baragli; director of photography, Giuseppe Ruzzolini; art director, Luigi Scaccianoce; sound, Carlo Tarchi; producer, Alfredo Bini; director, Pier Paolo Pasolini. Music director, writer, script, and scenagraphy, Pier Pasolini (based on Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles); editor, Nino Baragli; director of photography, Giuseppe Ruzzolini; art director, Luigi Scaccianoce; sound, Carlo Tarchi; producer, Alfredo Bini; director, Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Franco Citti (Oedipus), Silvana Mangano (Jocasta), Alida Valli (Merope), Carmelo Bene (Creon), Julian Beck (Tiresias), Pier Paolo Pasolini (High Priest).
Filmed May-July 1967 in the red deserts of Morocco.
A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy, "Oedipus Rex". Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar.
Not rated.
DVD.
UTS copy : For use by the University of Toronto Schools only.