While it may not be the best introduction to Jodorowsky's film work, it is, probably one of the best surreal films you'll come across.
This original re-telling of "Fando y Lis" is at times very haunting, dreamlike and down right disturbing in a Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali kind of way.
It is a "lost classic" that nearly got away for good, but thanks to American Zoetrope and Fantoma, it found its way onto DVD with a bonus documentary on the filmmaker's amazing life and work called "La Constellation Jodorowsky". Let's hope that in the future more of his films are released in the U.S.
I highly recommend this film, as well as "The Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Santa Sangre", if you can track them down.
This original re-telling of "Fando y Lis" is at times very haunting, dreamlike and down right disturbing in a Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali kind of way.
It is a "lost classic" that nearly got away for good, but thanks to American Zoetrope and Fantoma, it found its way onto DVD with a bonus documentary on the filmmaker's amazing life and work called "La Constellation Jodorowsky". Let's hope that in the future more of his films are released in the U.S.
I highly recommend this film, as well as "The Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Santa Sangre", if you can track them down.