starrywisdomsect:Oedipus Rex (1957)This adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy (in a translati
starrywisdomsect:Oedipus Rex (1957)This adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy (in a translation by William Butler Yeats) looks almost the way it would have when staged in the 5th century BC. Stentorian oration and carefully posed tableaux abound, giving the film an uncanny atmosphere somewhere between a black mass and puppet theater. -- source link