Special Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Alchemy of Jodorowsky:

Fando y Lis (1968)

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Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature, Fando y Lis, is a brutal and scathing examination of destructive co-dependence between two lovers conflicted by anguish and the demands they put on one another. Its grotesque and salacious imagery caused a riot at the 1968 premiere in Acapulco Film Festival which Jodorowsky narrowly escaped after having his life threatened, only to have his limousine pelted with rocks by moviegoers. The film was eventually banned in Mexico. Boasting some of his most disturbing images, Fando y Lis, is an extraordinarily ambitious and excessive adaptation of a controversial play by Fernando Arrabal, and sows the seeds for many thematic tropes and themes that Jodorowsky would explore in his later works.

Credits

Regie
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast
Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, María Teresa Rivas
Genre
avontuur, fantasy
Speelduur
97 minuten
Land
Mexico
Taal
Spaans
Ondertiteling
Engels

Storyline

Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky’s memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.