Caramba!! - GL - Video Asylum

Caramba!!

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Posted by GL on February 10, 2001 at 18:32:26

In Reply to: Re: Just revisited this thread - bigotry???? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 10, 2001 at 17:23:46:

You are talking about the MEXICAN (not SPANISH) director Allexandro Jodorowsky's "El Topo" then- an extremely violent allegorical tale of many religious and spiritual themes.

I have seen more people walk out of this film than any other. A brutal and disturbing film, a landmark of imagery in film making for its time. Some find it more disturbing than his more recent "Sante Sangre"- you may want to avoid this one as well.

A good friend of that ITALIAN director Fellini- you probably would want to avoid his films too, rumour has it that Jodorowsky will release "Sons of El Topo"- one you should probably miss also.

I don't have a problem about political correctness, as I said previously-

Would it have been so difficult to recommend movies (from any nation, if that is how you wish to categorise the art of film making) that you do like, and just leave out the value judgements about Spanish, Mexican, Italian and Greek films ?

As for "Lightening up", the last time I saw Carrington it was about sex, sex, and nothing but sex. Even love between men and women without sex !- outrageous ! Those Brits are obsessed by sex! There - even I'm doing it. (Carrington V.C. with David Niven is typically un- British because it has no sex in it, but is worth watching because of Niven).

Jonathan Pryce and Emma Thompson are very good- but the pace of the film would not suit everyone. Excellent soundtrack- Michel Nyman's work is wonderful, and the Schubert string quartets work well. ( Now that would be a good topic for discussion- Movies with really good soundtracks- so good that you went out and bought them).

Regards,

Giorgio

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Topic - Ten best movies most people don't know about? - mer 16:34:52 02/05/01 (16)

Independant films - TB 01:39:36 02/07/01 (3)

Foreign Films - Estes 11:01:04 02/15/01 (0)

Re: Independant films - mer 11:31:35 02/09/01 (0)

Make that "independent"... (nt) - TB 01:43:41 02/07/01 (0)

Re: Ten best movies most people don't know about? - John C. - Aussie 18:50:07 02/05/01 (11)

Re: Ten best movies most people don't know about? - truthseeker 01:15:25 02/09/01 (1)

Re: Ten best movies most people don't know about? - GL 03:32:15 02/09/01 (0)

Careful: your bigotry is showing - GL 23:59:05 02/05/01 (8)

Just revisited this thread - bigotry???? - John C. - Aussie 02:29:45 02/10/01 (7)

Re: Just revisited this thread - bigotry???? - GL 15:26:07 02/10/01 (6)

Re: Just revisited this thread - bigotry???? - John C. - Aussie 17:23:46 02/10/01 (5)

Caramba!! - GL 18:32:26 02/10/01 (4)

Aha, now we are communicating! - John C. - Aussie 18:53:13 02/10/01 (3)

Gott in Himmel!! - GL 04:57:57 02/11/01 (2)

Re: Gott in Himmel!! - John C. - Aussie 16:07:13 02/11/01 (1)

We have been side-tracked !! - GL 03:31:19 02/12/01 (0)

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Caramba!! - GL 18:32:26 02/10/01 (4)

Aha, now we are communicating! - John C. - Aussie 18:53:13 02/10/01 (3)

Gott in Himmel!! - GL 04:57:57 02/11/01 (2)

Re: Gott in Himmel!! - John C. - Aussie 16:07:13 02/11/01 (1)

We have been side-tracked !! - GL 03:31:19 02/12/01 (0)

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