Oedipus2.0101

Oedipus2.0101_Wishnow

OGCMA.byu.edu s.v. "Oedipus"
IMDB 0392560
YouTube, full film

Jason Wishnow, director and writer, Oedipus (2004), a short (8-min) stop-action parodic film adapting the story of Oedipus.

The "short film, done in epic style, on the story of Oedipus" (IMDB), carries the advisory: "WARNING: contains vegetable sensuality." (YouTube)

The casting of Oedipus as a potato seems to be the central yuk in the premise of this odd film.

An array of vegetables dressed in classical Greek attire represent the potato Oedipus and the ripe tomato Jocasta at the height of his kingly power.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.