Oedipus

Driessen, Paul, (film director.). Rijken, Arnoud, (film producer.). Verrall, David, (film producer.). Page, Marcy, (film producer.). Rijken, Arnoud, (film producer.). Snijders, Michiel J., (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.). il Luster Films (Utrecht), (film producer.).

Summary: To Oedipus, women are an enigma. Why, with her bothersome husband finally out of the way, did his mistress inexplicably run off? Don't lose your head, thinks Oedipus. Just try to understand. And so the valiant young milkman embarks on an introspective journey, a process of self-discovery and regression in which he retraces the path of his life. Parodying the Greek myth, and throwing in a bunch of well-known NFB animated characters for good measure, director Paul Driessen offers up a backwards tragicomic version of the classic tale. Oedipus is Driessen at his absurdist best.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (13 min., 18 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2012.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency - English program:.Animation Studio. Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and il Luster Films with support from the Netherlands Film Fund.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Paul Driessen ; director, Paul Driessen ; design, Paul Driessen ; animation, Paul Driessen ; original music, Judith Gruber-Stitzer ; music recording, Pascal Shefteshy ; sound, Jeroen Nadorp, Ronald Nadorp ; final mix, Jeroen Nadorp, Ronald Nadorp ; voice recording, Pierre Yves Drapeau, Geoffrey Mitchell ; editing, Janet Perlman ; executive producer, Arnoud Rijken, David Verrall ; producer, Marcy Page, Arnoud Rijken, Michiel J. Snijders.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voice, Alexander Ivanovici.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2011.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Prize RTP2: Onda Curta, 2011 Best Script, 2011
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).