I watched Pasolini's Oedipus Rex again. It has the COVID-19 tie-in. For some reason, it starts in semi-modern dress, apparently in Italy in the early 20th century, and it ends in the 1960's. The middle part was filmed in Morocco and was set in the ancient world.
It reminded me a little of Tarzan. They find baby Oedipus in the desert and the king adopts him even though he has several slave boys around him. The place was full of kids. Why didn't he adopt any of them? What made a random baby someone found so special?
I didn't really like the look of it when I watched it the first time. I changed the setting on the TV to "Movie" mode and now it looks great.
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