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Format: VHS Not Rated Recording Mode: (unknown) 110 min. |
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Movie Description This splendid version of Sophocles' great Greek tragedy was filmed on location in Morocco and is flanked by a prologue and epilogue set in modern times.
Synopsis Pasolini's dreamlike rendering of Sophocles' ageless tragedy about a man who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. Shifting between stark Moroccan desertscapes and contemporary Bolognian settings, Pasolini incorporates eclectic strains of both Western and Eastern culture into this unique and startling version of a classic tale.
Film Notes Color by Technicolor.
Additional cast members: Julian Beck (Tiresia); Carmelo Bene (Creonte)
Sophocles, who wrote the original tragedy, is not credited by Pasolini.
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