Screening Log
This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.
July 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 54
- Adam (10)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (4)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (0)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (10)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 14
- Breach (0)
- Rescue Dawn (0)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (0)
- Bringing Up Baby (0)
- They Drive By Night (0)
- Live Free Or Die Hard (0)
- 28 Weeks Later (0)
- Das Leben Der Anderen (0)
- The Simpsons Movie (0)
- The Lake House (0)
- Slither (0)
- The Prestige (0)
- Hana (0)
- Gamlet (0)
- Notes On A Scandal (0)
- 1900 (0)
- Babyface (0)
- Black Snake Moan (0)
- Old Joy (0)
- Mr. Brooks (0)
- Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (0)
- Dreamscape (0)
- The Petrified Forest (0)
- Zodiac (0)
- Hannibal Rising (0)
- End Of The Century (0)
- I Know Where i’m Going (0)
- Roots Daughters (0)
- Beerfest (0)
- Braindead (0)
- Run, Fat Boy, Run (0)
- Once (0)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (0)
- Deliver Us from Evil (1)
- The Fountain (0)
- Transformers (0)
- Transformers (2)
- The Holy Mountain (0)
- El Topo (0)
- Nightmare Alley (2)
- Spartan (0)
- The Magic Christian (0)
- Live Free or Die Hard (1)
- Orca (1)
- Find Me Guilty (1)
- Reign Over Me (0)
- Hannibal (0)
- Kingpin (0)
- Wet Hot American Summer (5)
- Tzameti (1)
- Daratt (0)
- Legacy (0)
- Hardware (0)
- Marie Antoinette (0)
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El Topo / Mexico / 1970
I made one vital mistake in my approach of this film—I had expectations. Large, unavoidable expectations that could never be fully realized, no matter Jodorowsky’s irrefutable genius. El Topo single-handedly began the midnight-movie phenomenon, was unavailable commercially due to disputes between the film’s director and distributor, and was thereafter relegated to popular bootlegs, supported by what was perhaps the greatest word-of-mouth crusade ever. For more than thirty years it languished in the collections of online venders, made the rounds of independent theatres, and revealed itself at the occasional film festival. (Only one other film—Jerry Lewis’ infamous Auschwitz picture—can claim to be as eminent in its rareness.)
I can’t allege to understand El Topo, nor would I ever want to. To enter the intentions of Jodorowsky is to mine the subconscious of someone overly fascinated by social outcasts—amputees, dwarves—the loss of masculinity through castration (an act almost always followed by suicide), the abstract differences between male and female, the distorted lure of religion, and overt sexuality. It’s a world rendered with unbelievable beauty, yet feels so deeply lost and disturbing.
by Adam Balz | Source: Starz/Anchor Bay DVD
06 Jul 2007 11:13 AM | Submit Comment
