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  • Oedipus Rex [Edipo Re] [Masters of Cinema] (Dual Format Edition) [Blu-ray] [1967]Oedipus Rex | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Three years after The Gospel According to Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini resumed his series of classical adaptations with asavage, highly personal take on Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex (Edipo Re). As his first colour feature, Oedipus Rex makes brilliant use of wildly alternating Moroccan landscapes to transpose collective myth into a particular vision that is at once tender, sensual, and wholly unsparing.The film is divided into three sections set in different eras. The opening takes place in 1920s Italy, and recounts a birth thatechoes that of the director himself, the product of a beautiful bourgeoise's affair with a military officer. The mid section depicts a time outside of history - it is here that the myth of Oedipus (portrayed by Franco Citti of Accattone and Coppola's The Godfather), one of patricide and incest, plays out opposite the young man's mother/lover (Silvana Mangano). An epilogue shot on the streets of present-day Bologna finds Oedipus playing his flute for a bustling citizenry.

  • The Professor [1986]The Professor | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Mafia thriller story of a man condemned to prison for murder where his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. The streets soon run red...

  • Torso [Blu-ray]Torso | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £17.82   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Sergio Martino directs this Italian horror starring Suzy Kendall and Tina Aumont. Two college girls are butchered by a masked killer who leaves a scarf at the scene. A classmate of the dead girls has seen the scarf before - but where? Her attempts to track down the culprit become more urgent as the hacksaw-wielding maniac sets about a killing spree across the Italian countryside.

  • OEDIPUS REX [EDIPO RE] (Masters of Cinema) (DVD)OEDIPUS REX | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

    Three years after The Gospel According to Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini resumed his series of classical adaptations with a savage, highly personal take on Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex (Edipo Re). As his first colour feature, Oedipus Rex makes brilliant use of wildly alternating Moroccan landscapes to transpose collective myth into a particular vision that is at once tender, sensual, and wholly unsparing. The film is divided into three sections set in different er...

  • The ProfessorThe Professor | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-16.15 (-124.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

    An Italian Mafioso thriller about one of Naples' most sadistic crime bosses Raffaele Cutolo condemned to prison for murder. Whilst there his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. Needless to say the streets soon run red with the blood of his enemies...

  • The Professor / Mafia Docks / Below UtopiaThe Professor / Mafia Docks / Below Utopia | DVD | (06/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    The Professor: Mafia thriller story of a man condemned to prison for murder where his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. The streets soon run red... Mafia Docks: In the large industrial part of an Italian city - sailors women black market traffickers sleazy nightclubs and dingy narrow alleys make up a world of danger where a young American girl vanishes without a trace while an Italian man tries to track her down. On the way he encounters the strangest of characters: a beautiful and ambitious prostitute a girl ravaged by drugs and the ferocious Joe Narescu who is battling against a rival gang so that he can gain control of the port. Through all these trials and tribulations a touching love story blossoms between our hero and a gorgeous woman whose life has been hardened by the streets of the port. During these nervewracking unexpected turn of evens his quest of the truth prevails - despite the bloody encounters with rival gangs fights and murders. Love binds the two protagonists in the face of all the seemingly insurmountable difficulties and enables them to overcome the shadows from the past that haunt her. Together they will be able to face the tragic truth surrounding the circumstances of the young American girl's disappearance. Meanwhile back at the port the situation is deteriorating rapidly while the tension between the rival gangs has come to a head. In the last conflict during the long night along the waterfront the situation explodes into a climax of blood and flames. Only love will overcome the bitterness and the fear... Below Utopia: Daniel Beckett is the black sheep son of wealthy art dealer Jack Beckett. He and his girlfriend Suzanne are on their way to Thanksgiving dinner at his parents' estate 'their own little utopia'. When they arrive they find Daniel's family eagerly waiting. At dinner Suzanne learns more about the crushing dominance of Daniel's father. After dinner Daniel's father tells him he must join the family business or be cut off from the family fortune. Unable to cope Daniel takes Suzanne down his private basement when...screams and gunfire erupt from above. A band of murderous art thieves have entered the house. They move past priceless pieces of art whilst systematically killing Daniel's family. For Daniel and Suzanne it becomes a terrifying game of cat and mouse where they must either kill or be killed...

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