Fervid chanting and handheld tracking shots inform Pasolini's jangling, fabulously blunt pageant, filled to the brim with mysterious splendor
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11/22/09
Oedipus Rex (1967)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Pier Paolo 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... [More]
Starring: Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Franco Citti, Julian Beck
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Reviews for Oedipus Rex
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Slow-moving, sensual, and often gorgeous to behold.
10/23/07
It's not always necessary to understand Pasolini to be riveted by what he does.
10/23/07
Top CriticPasolini's working of the Sophocles tragedy, though not wholly successful, has its very definite strengths.
10/23/07
It's a rather piecemeal and sometimes dull affair.
10/23/07
One of the most underrated, neglected, and powerful of Pier Paolo Pasolini's features.
10/23/07
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