SESSION: Tuesday 26th July at 7:30pm


EL TOPO

(1970, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky , w/ Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Jos� Legarreta)

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie, and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits slaughtered a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the massacred, then forcibly takes their leader's woman Mara as his. El Topo's surreal way is bloody, sexual and self-reflective, musing of his own demons, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.753.753.753.75(IMDB rating)

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

(1973, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky , w/ Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders )

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN will start at approximately 10:01pm, and finish at approximately 12:01am.

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.953.953.953.95(IMDB rating)