Medea DVD

Italian iconoclast Pier Paolo Pasolini interprets the ancient Greek tragedy in his own distinctive style. And playing the eponymous Medea-the central character in the ancient Greek story of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece-is one of the icons of the 20th-century, the original opera diva, Maria Callas, in her only film role. To regain his kingdom, Jason is sent to Colchis to reclaim the sacred Golden Fleece. Gathering a band of mighty warriors around him, he sails to the primitive kingdom, where the infatuated priestess Medea, daughter of King AeËtes, helps him to steal it. Fleeing with the Argonauts, Medea demonstrates her true nature by slaying her brother to put off the army dogging them; but this is only a taste of her wrath when later she is spurned by husband Jason in favour of the Corinthian princess Glauce.