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Oedipus
201113 min 18 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Paul Driessen
Production: Arnoud Rijken (il Luster Films)David Verrall (National Film Board of Canada)Marcy PageMichiel J. Snijders
Script: Paul Driessen
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and il Luster Films with support from the Netherlands Film Fund.
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.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Legends, Myths, and Tales
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Media Education > Film and Video Production
Credits
- writer
- Paul Driessen
- director
- Paul Driessen
- design
- Paul Driessen
- animation
- Paul Driessen
- additional animation
- Frodo Kuipers
- voice
- Alexander Ivanovici
- additional voice
- Carlo Mestroni
- original music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- additional arrangements
- Dave Gossage
- musician
- Tommy Gauthier
- Thom Gossage
- Jean-Guy Grenier
- Frank Lozano
- Marc Villemure
- music recording
- Pascal Shefteshy
- music mix
- Pascal Shefteshy
- sound
- Jeroen Nadorp
- Ronald Nadorp
- final mix
- Jeroen Nadorp
- Ronald Nadorp
- voice recording
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- infographics
- Randall Finnerty
- colour
- Randall Finnerty
- digital assistance
- Sarah Marchand
- Christopher Diaz
- digital consultation
- Susan Gourley
- editing
- Janet Perlman
- online editing
- Denis Gathelier
- technical coordination
- Julie Laperrière
- end credits design
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- production coordination
- Elaine Largie
- Marie-Christine Nadon
- executive producer
- Arnoud Rijken
- David Verrall
- producer
- Marcy Page
- Arnoud Rijken
- Michiel J. Snijders
Awards
- Prize RTP2: Onda CurtaInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Best ScriptANIMAGE- International Animation Festival of Pernambuco