BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29674@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Cinema Mythologica: Oedipus Rex (1967) DTSTAMP:20261029T224048Z DTSTART:20261110T173000Z DESCRIPTION:Love robots\, doppelgängers and tragic heroes – behind these ic onic film\ncharacters lies a mythical past. Although most films are set in the present or\nthe future\, classical myths play a significant role thro ughout Hollywood.\nCountless films are inspired by archetypal narrative pa tterns and mythical\ncharacters\, particularly when they deal with contemp orary themes such as AI\,\ngender and psychology. In the Cinema Mythologic a series\, a collaboration between\nDe Uitkijk and classicist Koen Vacano\ , we uncover the hidden mythical layers of\nfilm history\, from Oedipus co mplexes to narcissistic algorithms. Each film\nfeatures a short introducti on in English\, inviting you to view the film through\na mythological lens .\n\nIn pre-war Italy\, a young couple have a child\, but when the father becomes\njealous of the boy\, he abandons him in the desert. From that mom ent on\, the film\nis set in ancient Greece\, where the child is rescued\, given the name Oedipus and\nraised by the king and queen of Corinth. When an oracle tells him that he is\ndestined to kill his father and marry his mother\, he flees Corinth in dismay.\nBut then\, whilst on his journey\, he becomes involved in a fight and kills an old\nman...\n\nOedipus Rex is Pasolini’s own interpretation of Sophocles’ classical myth.\nUnlike later adaptations\, which often take the path of Freudian psychoanalysis\,\nPaso lini reduces Oedipus to his essence: a tragic hero of overwhelming\nprimit iveness.\n\n * Language: Italian\n * Subtitles: English\n * Duration: 130 mins.\n * Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini\n * Cast: Franco Citti\, Silvana M angano\, Alida Valli\n * Year: 1967\n * Country: Italy URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-mythologica-oedipus-rex-1967 GEO:52.36476;4.8843948 LOCATION:De Uitkijk - Prinsengracht 452\, 1017 KE Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:film,in english X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Love robots, doppelgängers and trag ic heroes – behind these iconic film characters lies a mythical past. Alth ough most films are set in the present or the future, classical myths play a significant role throughout Hollywood. Countless films are inspired by archetypal narrative patterns and mythical characters, particularly when t hey deal with contemporary themes such as AI, gender and psychology. In th e Cinema Mythologica series, a collaboration between De Uitkijk a nd classicist Koen Vacano, we uncover the hidden mythical layers of film h istory, from Oedipus complexes to narcissistic algorithms. Each film featu res a short introduction in English, inviting you to view the film through a mythological lens.

In pre-war Italy, a young couple hav e a child, but when the father becomes jealous of the boy, he abandons him in the desert. From that moment on, the film is set in ancient Greece, wh ere the child is rescued, given the name Oedipus and raised by the king an d queen of Corinth. When an oracle tells him that he is destined to kill h is father and marry his mother, he flees Corinth in dismay. But then, whil st on his journey, he becomes involved in a fight and kills an old man...< /p>

Oedipus Rex is Pasolini’s own interpretation of Sophocles’ classica l myth. Unlike later adaptations, which often take the path of Freudian ps ychoanalysis, Pasolini reduces Oedipus to his essence: a tragic hero of ov erwhelming primitiveness.

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