Oedipus Rex (1967 film) Jocasta commits suicide. Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalist<br> Won Silver Ribbon<br> Alfredo Bini for Best Producer and Luigi Scaccianoce for Best Production Design<br> 1968 Kinema Junpo Awards<br> Won Best Foreign Language Film<br> 1970 Venice Film Festival<br> Nominated for Golden Lion<br> 1967 Oedipus Rex (1967 film) Oedipus Rex ("Edipo re") is a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini adapted the screenplay from the Greek tragedy "Oedipus Rex" written by Sophocles in 428 BC. The film was mainly shot in Morocco. A son is born to a young couple in pre-war Italy. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes
Oedipus Rex unconditional. Given our modern conception of fate and fatalism, readers of the play have a tendency to view Oedipus as a mere puppet controlled by greater forces, a man crushed by the gods and fate for no good reason. This, however, is not an entirely accurate reading. While it is a mythological truism that oracles exist to be fulfilled, oracles do not cause the events that lead up to the outcome. In his landmark essay "On Misunderstanding the "Oedipus Rex"", E.R. Dodds draws a comparison with Jesus's prophecy at the Last Supper that Peter would deny him three times. Jesus