Oedipus Rex (1967)
- Original title
- Edipo re
- Directed by
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 365 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1967 film adapts Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy about a man who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. The story follows the rise and ruin of a king who seeks the truth about a plague on his city.
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What happens
Oedipus Rex (Italian: Edipo re) is a 1967 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based upon the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles in 428 BC. It stars Pasolini's regular collaborator Franco Citti in the titular role, along with Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene and Julian Beck. This was Pasolini's first feature-length color film, but followed his use of color in "The Earth Seen from the Moon" episode in the anthology film The Witches (1967). Principal photography took place mainly in Morocco, in Ouarzazate, Ait-Ben-Haddou and Zagora; as well as in Italy. The film was premiered in-competition at the 28th Venice International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. It was nominated for five Nastro d'Argento Awards, and won for Best Producer and Best Production Design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.