Oedipus Rex (Masters of Cinema) DVD+Blu-ray
Availability
This product should be despatched within 2 working days. Despatched from the UK. Delivery timesUsually 2-3 days to reach UK addresses. Europe takes around 2 days longer and International destinations take 1-2 weeks
Delivery
FREE to UK addresses.
Costs to other countriesUK: Free
Western Europe: £2.50
Rest of the world: £3.75
Returns Policy
If you are unhappy with your purchase, you can return it to us within 14 days. More details
Film Details
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced in 1967
Main Language - Italian with English subtitles
Countries & Regions - European Film, Italian Film
Film Description
Three years after The Gospel According to Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini resumed his series of classical adaptations with a savage, highly personal take on Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. As his first colour feature, Oedipus Rex makes brilliant use of wildly alternating Moroccan landscapes to transpose collective myth into a particular vision that is at once tender, sensual, and wholly unsparing.
The film is divided into three sections set in different eras. The opening takes place in 1920s 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 middle section depicts a time 'outside of history' – it is here that the myth of Oedipus (portrayed by Franco Citti of Accattone and Coppola's The Godfather), 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.
DVD+Blu-ray Details
Certificate: 15
Publisher: Eureka / Masters of Cinema
Length: 106 mins
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 widescreen
Region: 2
Cat No: EKA70080
Format: DVD+Blu-ray Colour
Subtitles: English
DVD+Blu-ray Extras
- 2 discs
- Gorgeous new HD restoration of the film in its original aspect ratio, in 1080p on the Blu-ray
- Newly translated optional English subtitles
- Original Italian theatrical trailer
- 28-page booklet featuring vintage writing by Pasolini, excerpts from an interview with the director by Oswald Stack about the film, and rare archival imagery.
Lists
list1 16 films
1 films
wenslijst 138 films
eurika blu-ray 58 films
DVD 319 films
wenslijst 138 films
eurika blu-ray 58 films
DVD 319 films
DVD 319 films
People who liked Oedipus Rex (Masters of Cinema)
Customers who liked this also liked...
Also from director Pier Paolo Pasolini
View all Pier Paolo Pasolini films
