Slow-moving, sensual, and often gorgeous to behold.
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10/23/07
Oedipus Rex (1967)
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Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.4/10
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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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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