Underskog

If you’re into Zen gunfighters, lesbian cowgirls, enslaved dwarfs and pistol-packing Jesus freaks, this is the movie for you. “El Topo” may well be the greatest movie ever made; it’s certainly one of the strangest. It’s no wonder it became a counterculture classic, or that John Lennon considered it his favorite movie. So much has been written about “El Topo,” its symbolism, its meaning, its violence, that the movie itself has gotten lost in the confusion. To put it simply “El Topo” is a western, and a darn good one. Sure, it’s not exactly John Ford, but anyone who can enjoy and appreciate the films of Sergio Leone, Sam Peckinpah, or Clint Eastwood should be able to enjoy it. For 75% of the movie we have a fairly traditional “spaghetti western” with an added serving of nudity and violence; renaissance man Alexandro Jodorowsky, who not only wrote, directed, and stars in this film but also designed the sets and costumes and composed the fabulous score, is obviously indebted to Sergio Leone’s masterpieces, but he adds to the mix a surrealist sensibility quite at home with Mexican culture (remember Bunuel?) and an eclectic spirituality that embraces the Bible and Zen with equal enthusiasm.

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05.12.07 Animal Love – Ulrich Seidl

09.01.08 Thriller: A Cruel Picture – Bo Arne Vibenius
16.01.08 Desperate Living – John Waters
23.01.08 Andy Warhols Bad – Jed Johnson
30.01.08 Faster pussycat kill kill – Russ Meyer
06.02.08 Chineese Roulette – Rainer w. Fassbinder
13.02.08 L’Amour l’après-midi AKA Love in the Afternoon – Eric Rohmer
20.02.08 Salome’s Last Dance – Ken Russell
27.02.08 Bloody Mama – Roger Corman
05.03.08 La Bestia in calore – Luigi Batzella
12.03.08 Freak Orlando – Ulrike Ottinger
19.03.08 Normal Love – Jack Smith
26.03.08 Bruce La Bruce – Skinflick


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