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Oedipus Rex [VHS] [1967]

VHS ~ Silvana Mangano
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck
  • Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sophocles
  • Producers: Alfredo Bini
  • Format: PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen, Import
  • Language Italian
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Palisades Tartan
  • VHS Release Date: 12 April 1999
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CKJA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,279 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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    #9 in  Video > Classic Films > International > 1960s
    #21 in  Video > World Cinema > Italian

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Sophocles' Greek tragedy about a boy who becomes obsessed with his mother. Filmed on location in Morocco. Italian dialogue.

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent interpretation of this influential legend., 22 Nov 2000
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Pasolini presents us with an accurate but personal interpretation of this Ancient Greek legend which has been widely used in the development of psychoanalysis in recent years. Oedipus is a tragic hero, destined from the outset to kill his own father and sleep with his mother. There is an overwhelming sense of Fate as the hero rushes towards the fulfillment of his destiny.

The setting of the North African desert and the use of hundreds of ordinary people as extras lends great authenticity to the film.

The dialogue and the use of written extracts from the legend also lend authenticity and authority.

There are moments of drama and tension along with the depth of psychological study of the main characters which we expect from Pasolini.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Great disappointment, 28 Aug 2007
By Lorenz Auf Der Maur - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oedipus Rex [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Despite the inspiring North African setting this movie falls flat, primarily because the psychological profile of Oedipus is not sufficiently developed. Sophocles' original contains so many open questions (such as why Oedipus would want to kill Laius) which are not satisfactorily explained in this realist adaptation. Pasolini's attempt to turn Oedipus into a 'non-intellectual' (as the documentary explains) does not really work; this rôle requires ample explanation, especially in the passages where Oedipus and Jocasta speculate whether or not he is her son - and dismiss it. Here, the acting is simply too stiff and inexplicit to render the cinematic text meaningful.

I was going to show this film to a Grade 12 class, with the intention to discuss modern approaches to Sophocles' play, but I'd rather not give it a try. None of the sequences seem intriguing enough to justify showing this B-movie, not even in excerpts.
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