Alejandro Jodorowsky Double Feature: SANTA SANGRA & FANDO AND LIS January 15, 2011

Double Feature: SANTA SANGRE, 1989, MGM Repertory, 121 min. We are extremely pleased to co-present this rare Los Angeles appearance of revered film ringmaster and enfant terrible Alejandro Jodorowsky for a screening of his phantasmagorical horror film, SANTA SANGRE. Combining elements at once beautiful, grotesque and erotic, SANTA SANGRE is something akin to Fellini remaking both PSYCHO and NIGHTMARE ALLEY as one single, glorious fever dream of a thriller. If you haven’t seen it, do not miss out! [35mm]
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FANDO AND LIS, 1968, Cannon Film Distributors, 93 min. Alejandro Jodorowsky's debut feature is a stylish and playful tale of a doomed young couple. Here the director's usual preoccupations are wed to a conventional love story, and as a result FANDO AND LIS offers a more lighthearted draw than much of his later work.

In Spanish with English subtitles. [DVD] Discussion between films with director Alejandro Jodorowsky (schedule permitting).
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