Tag Archives: Surreal
Black Moon (1975)
“The most beautiful things in the world are the most useless. Peacocks and lilies, for instance.” – The Unicorn, Black Moon I slept through Sunday night until my weather radio blared in the pre-dawn hours, a piercing siren noise. I … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Drama, Fantasy, Lewis Carroll, Louis Malle, lovable animals, Surreal
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The Holy Mountain (1973)
With the surrealist Western El Topo (1970), the Chilean-born Alejandro Jodorowsky suddenly found himself an overnight (or, rather, midnight) sensation at the age of 41. His life had been one of adventures, spiked with a few tall tales; it’s known … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 70's, dwarf, Jodorowsky, LSD, Madness, Midnight Movie, monkey, Psychedelic, Surreal, Tarot, Zen
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Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Three tales of the decadent and the damned… Spirits of the Dead – aka Histoires Extraordinaires, aka Tre Passi Nel Delirio, aka Tales of Mystery and Imagination – is a portmanteau film, popular in Europe in the 1960’s as a … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, Anthology, Federico Fellini, horror, Louis Malle, Peter Fonda, Roger Vadim, Surreal, The Devil
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