If you're familiar with the work of Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (Fando y Lis, El Topo, The Holy Mountain), you might wonder how he'd fit in … The film offers a very compelling reflexion on etero-love and relationships. In his first feature film, with limited resources and budget, Jodorowsky managed to capture a brilliant collection of surrealist imagery and ideas that were so provocative they caused riots upon premiere. You can see everything that is going to come: the symbols, the telling of personal events, the heavy use of soundtrack and sound effects... it’s all there, even if in a embryo stage. Muy bien, Lis, como tú quieras. 104 Fando. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal. Fando carts his crippled bride Lis through a barren nowhere-land to find happiness in the city of Tar. If "Fando y Lis" is anything like "El Topo" and "The Holy Mountain," Jodorowsky carefully chose all these images to illustrate various metaphysical obstacles that the couple must hurdle. [3], The film has received a 4K digital restoration and is set to be re-released in UK cinemas by Abkco Films for a limited time commencing on February 7, 2020. [4] The film was later banned in Mexico. Roll credits. Alejandro Jodorowsky's first full-length film, Fando y Lis, was created from hazy memories of the controversial Fernando Arrabal play he staged in Paris. Der Film sorgte bei seinem Erscheinen 1968 für einen Skandal im Produktionsland Mexiko. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fando_y_Lis&oldid=1015256563, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 March 2021, at 13:31. Fando y Lis viajan a Tar. Fando y Lis (deutscher Titel: Fando und Lis) ist das Spielfilmdebüt des chilenischen Filmregisseurs Alejandro Jodorowsky. Pissing off an audience of bigoted Catholics does not automatically make a film a masterpiece.Fando y Lis is more interesting for his low-budget happening-ish realization rather than his actual content, which results a yelled and prosy surrealism. Favorites: The Seventh Seal (1957), Mulholland Drive (2001), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), My Voyage to Italy (1999). Como una suerte de odisea, la obra narra el viaje que emprenden FANDO y LIS rumbo a TAR, una ciudad que simboliza la felicidad y la paz. Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. It is, however, full of astonishing sequences of spellbinding creativity and imagination. This is the kind of film that would make David Lynch go: "What???". It could be taken as a repugnant take on women, but the men are equally as loathsome. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal. But funny in the sense that this film, while coming nowhere close to the spaghetti-acid vibes of EL TOPO or the mind-melting psychedelia of THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, still manages to be enormously visceral, seductive, and spiritually provocative. It is like poetry without meaning, or else a meaning so drenched in symbolism and metaphor as to lose sight of anything approaching narrative impetus. Va ser realitzada en blanc i negre entre juliol i setembre de 1967, durant els caps de setmana, amb un pressupost modest. Report this film. lícula mexicana dirigida per Alejandro Jodorowsky, que va ser estrenada en 1968 i va significar el seu debut com a director cinematogràfic a Mèxic. This is really unlike anything I’ve seen. [1] La opera prima de Alejandro Jodorowsky empezó con este cuento bizarro de inocencia corrompida, amor sadomasoquista e inalcanzable paraíso. There still are a lot of very very cryptic stuff that even Jodo’s hardcore fans will hardly understand. Overall it is a bit reductive to say that this is an early version of the masterpiece he will later produce “the holy mountain”. Fuck this piece of shit. As a first feature, this level of dark, dark imagination is super impressive. I found…, Psychedelic definition: of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by…, This is merely a personal guide for the bizarre and weird stuff I've been watching or want to watch in…, Films which convey a sense of being witness to a dream, whether through otherworldly atmospheres, depictions of the unconscious, somnambulist…, Stephen Williamson 3,128 films 1,406 15 Edit. Not for the faint of heart. Any man that can incite riots and the ire of small minded people by producing surreal imagery and abstract storytelling is a master in my book! Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre and Messed Up Films, Psychosexual dramas, nihilistic fever dreams & surrealism with a touch of humour, The Weirdo's Videostore (aka The Weirdos Paradise), Low-Budget & Lurid: A List of Exploitation/Grindhouse Fare (Every Movie on the Grindhouse Cinema Database, Almost), Cult & Bizarre & Psychedelic: A Personal Guide. When it premiered at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968, a riot broke out over what was perceived to be its blasphemous nature and the film was subsequently banned in Mexico. This might be a film about relationships and codependence, or it might be a film about the brutalities we subject people to. The film was shot in high-contrast black-and-white on the weekends with a small budget and was first shown at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968. It’s odd yet fascinating and looks surprisingly good, this is the first jodorowsky I’ve seen but I quite liked it and I’m looking forward to seeing more of his work. Sergio Kleiner Diana Mariscal María Teresa Rivas Tamara Garina Juan José Arreola Rene Rebetez Amparo Villegas Miguel Álvarez Acosta Raul Romero Julio Castillo Adrián Ramos Henry West Luis Urias Valerie Jodorowsky Graciela R. de Mariscal Tina French Fuensanta Zertuche Julia Marichal Freddy Marichal Alejandro Romero Hector Mariscal Rosita Oliver Elizabeth Moore Vicente Moore Greta Cohen Basha Miguel Kafka Pablo Leder Alina Sánchez De mí…" Fando: "Sí, Lis, yo me acordaré de ti e iré a verte al cementerio con una flor y un perro, y en tu funeral cantaré, en voz baja, "¡Que bonito es un entierro!" Runtime 93 minutes . Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. This review may contain spoilers. Film data from TMDb. [3] It was not released in Mexico until July 1972. This article related to a Mexican film of the 1960s is a stub. Fando y Lis is a 1968 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in his feature length directorial debut. Fando y Lis. Fando, de pronto, se para y va hacia Lis y la acaricia con las dos manos en la cara. "The Hawthorne Passage" (The Mantle) Fando y Lis is a 1968 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in his feature length directorial debut. ‎Fando and Lis (1968) directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd It’s something you really have to just go with because it’s simply chaotic in the best way. While it doesn’t seem quite that inciting by today’s viewpoint, Fando y Lis remains an interesting watch that features plenty of striking visual style and editing choices, somewhat reminiscent of Věra Chytilová’s Daisies but more disconcerting. I’m starting to think this Jodorowsky bluray collection was a really good investment. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. It is an adaptation of a play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal, who was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the time. On their journey they see many odd and profoundly disturbing characters and events. The imagery is so potent and interesting, and while it spreads out wide rather than intelligently echoing, it is a transfixing feast for the senses. Fando y Lis Alejandro Jodorowsky, Actor, director de teatro, cineasta y escritor chileno realiza en 1967 su primer largometraje surrealista Fando y Lis, adaptación de la obra de teatro de su amigo y dramaturgo Fernando Arrabal, misma en la que el director colaboro muchas veces junto a el, así como en efímeros del movimiento pánico. 1968 Maybe not as captivating as his follow up efforts but completely wild and beautifully shot. La obra Fando Y Lis forma parte del catálogo de Editorial Libros Del Innombrable. Basada en la obra homónima de Fernando Arrabal, cuenta la historia de una joven pareja en busca de la ciudad encantada de Tar donde se encuentra el éxtasis espiritual. If you enjoyed this video or my channel in general and would like to support what I do, you could always take a look over at --- Movies covered in this video: 00:08 The Holy Mountain (1973) 04:34 IMDb The film follows Fando (Sergio Klainer) and his paraplegic girlfriend Lis (Diana Mariscal) through a barren, postapocalyptic wasteland in search of the mythical city of Tar, a place where one will know the true nature of eternity, and reach enlightenment. I can handle the truth. Mobile site. Yo no quería disgustarte. It’s very surreal and it’s quite obvious that it was based off dreams to some extent. It’s bizarre, unrefined, and often uncomfortable, but fascinating in its own unique way. It is an adaptation of a play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal, who was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the time. I will see more from Jodorowsky in the next few days. 505 films watched. Presented as a part of Neighborhood Fringe Festival. Pausa. TMDb I didn't gather much sense from it but was very intriguing and visually stimulating. With Tamara Garina, Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, María Teresa Rivas. Lis dentro de él, mira hacia el fondo. We also see hints of the beautiful, virtuosic maximalism that reaches its zenith in The Holy Mountain (one of my all time favourite films). A fan is a member with this film as one of their four favorites. Fando es impotente y Lis está paralítica. He's almost like Lars Von Trier just without the overt pretentiousness. The first being The Holy Mountain which I watched many years ago at film school, it's surrealism and the striking impact of it left quite an impression on me. The film was shot in high-contrast black-and-white on the weekends with a small budget and was first shown at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968. Perfeccionando su estilo técnico desde Fando y Lis (1968) con un doblaje mejorado, una cinematografía cuya armonía y asombro rebasa límites, y una dirección que, pese a su gran ambición ***One of the best 150 films I have ever seen. Jodorowsky’s first feature feels like early Bunuel meets early Fellini, with some sequences that could belong in a Godard film (the relationship montage in the cemetery and the painting scene are reminiscent of Pierrot le Fou, for example). 97 Me gusta. Jodorowsky’s debut stands at the crossroads between nightmare and fantasy, madness and inspiration; and yet it still manages to lose its way. The first feature length film of this visionary director focuses on Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis who decide to look for the mythical city of Tar, a place that supposedly grants eternal…, Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★ 7. Not Buñuel funny, he's much darker and way more cynical with a head full of acid. Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.Madcap surrealist road trip in a post-apocalyptic world is full of imaginative sequences and absurd and shocking moments, but altogether doesn't seem to make much sense as a cautionary tale (which obviously was the intention). You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This…, Penis Paolo Pasolini 76 films 4,519 136 Edit, These films are a celebration of the Surreal. 105 Lis. Its chief asset is its visual inventiveness and freewheeling anarchy. While it is not my favorite Jodorowsky film I can't find fault with any of his films as I view them all as masterpieces that could very well be hanging in the louvre! Fando y Lis is the second film I have watched of Alejandro Jodorowsky's work. Perhaps I missed something. Die surreale Handlung stützt sich lose auf ein Theaterstück von Fernando Arrabal, das dem absurden Theater zuzuordnen ist. Not simply films that are "strange" or "weird" for aesthetic purposes, but…, The Grindhouse Cinema Database is an online database of cult/exploitation/grindhouse movies from the '30s to the mid/late '80s. La película comienza mostrando a Lis comiendo los pétalos de una rosa, mientras escuchamos una explosión; posteriormente, mientras observamos los créditos de la cinta, una voz explica qué es la ciudad de Tar y las cosas que ocurren en ella. 229 Me gusta. Fando y Lis . The film is functionally wordless and does predominantly feature physical performances channeling mime. Biblioteca Golpe De Dados y Sarastro son algunos ejemplos de colecciones de esta editorial. Let's take a look at the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky. Very cool, too many loud noises, nice visuals, good photography and kinda good writing. [5] The film was shown in New York 's 5th Avenue Cinema where it was dubbed, re-edited and cut by 13 minutes. Fando y Lis. [3]When the film premièred at the festival, a full-scale riot broke out. “To advance a mile, we only have to take a step. Basada en la obra homónima de Fernando Arrabal, cuenta la historia de una joven pareja en busca de la ciudad encantada de … I’m sick of sorting through concerts, series, and other non-movies. I just can't help myself I love this guy! Ya lo sé, Fando. Ver "Fando y Lis" fue una sensación, ciertamente, muy extraña, ya que lo que se muestra carece de cualquier lógica. © Letterboxd Limited. [3] The film was shown in London, England in February 1971 and was re-titled Tar Babies, running 98 minutes. El catálogo de Editorial Libros Del Innombrable asciende a más de ciento sesenta publicaciones. 8.3K likes. When she eventually protests, he kills her then feels sad about it. It does almost feel, given the film’s chronological distance to Fando Y Lis, like it was just created as a visual document of one of Jodorowsky’s mimes. Fans of Fando and Lis. Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. founder of farsightedblog.com, writer for cinapse.co and rockonphilly.com, contributor to rockthepigeon.com, and former editor for thegrindhousechannel.com. Maybe both and then some. More details at Fando y Lis premiered at the 1968 Acapulco film festival. Unintelligible is not my thing. It's hard to not be grasped by it, even if it leaves you scratching your head trying to decipher its meaning. Ha estat considerada surrealista i eròtica. 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Anything with more than 1,000 views on Letterboxd that’s longer…, ArtsAmbition 1,666 films 7,268 101 Edit, Some of the Chaotic Cinema Facebook page's favourite films, To comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable weirdo / shocking / random / weirdos / psychedelectable, Jayce Fryman 18,680 films 3,514 115 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. Causing a riot in its first screening at the Acapulco's Film Festival back in 1968 because of its surrealistic and blasphemous nature, Fando y Lis is the film that allowed Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky to become a cult director and to basically play with cinema. Calling Jodorowsky's feature debut a hellishly insane, violently expressive piece of post-apocalyptic surrealism is kinda funny. The film was shot in high-contrast black-and-white on the week-ends with a small budget and was first shown at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968. Creo que es una interesantes representación de una suerte de infierno; antes de Dani y Christian en Midsommar, estuvieron Fando y Lis en busac de Tar. Fando y Lis es una película dirigida por Alejandro Jodorowsky con Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, María Teresa Rivas, Elizabeth Moore, Vicente Moore. Fando y Lis. Check out our fando y lis selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. There's certainly a messianic thing going on that culminates in some very Christ-like imagery, but it is a perverted, dark twist on it all. Shot in sumptuous, high-contrast black-and-white, Jodorowsky combines allegory with surreal, mind-blowing imagery that dislodges coherent narrative structure, assaults the senses, decries societal hypocrisy, and feels in…. Some of the commentary on family relations it’s going to come back but it’s well shown. Yes, Jodorowsky made this movie. But it’s also the millstone around its neck. Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Fando lleva a Lis paralítica. 106 Fando. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Film.If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces.To use this banner, please refer to the documentation.To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. This is such an odd and fun film, highlighted by randomness and out of place things. El es Enrique parte del equipo Fando, el vive en la calle, un día llego a pedir dinero y lo puse a trabajar y así ya cumplimos un año de amistad y apoyo, ayer madrugada lo agarro la policía en la calle, le metieron un espejo en la bolsa y lo llevaron a la delegación BJ, el no tiene familia, un día le di mi tarjeta y le dije, si un día me necesitas llamame y así fue ayer, fui a verlo. Read writing from Justin Harlan on Medium. If Tar doesn't exist, we can invent it.”. Es curioso que para ser la obra prima de Jorodowsky me pareció una película apagada y desoladora pero con cierto auge de gratitud, me gustó. This is more broadly surreal, and less philosophically cogent, than Jodorowsky’s best work. The narrative of the film leaves a lot to the audience's interpretation, as the avant-garde and surreal nature in which the events of the film are presented mimic the workings of the subconscious. No es raro que hayan querido linchar a Jodorowsky después de la presentación de la película en un festival de cine en Acapulco. This movie is 15 minutes of narrative sprinkled into an hour of unintelligible stuff. An uneasy melange of the works and ideas of Federico Fellini, Marco Ferreri, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vera Chytilova, Jiri Menzel, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Gustav Jung. Bio: Mi sueño es tener la voz como Orson Welles:) Arrabal was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the time. It’s pretty interesting to see the “shortfilm from filmschool” of jodorowsky. That would generally put it in the 2 star category for me. Fando y Lis is his directorial debut that showcases the work that is to come and features many moments of beguiling, hypnotic and frightening surreal imagery. Still haven't been able to shake it for the last 2 weeks. La opera prima de Alejandro Jodorowsky es un cuento bizarro de inocencia corrompida, amor sadomasoquista e inalcanzable paraíso. Instead of making a direct and faithful adaptation of a play of the Spanish writer and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal, Jodorowsky decided to resort to his own memories and add a high dose of bizarre imagery, surreal sequences and impossible, unexplainable events. Alejandro Jodorowsky's directorial debut shows a sneak preview of what was to come in the future! Causing a riot in its first screening at the Acapulco's Film Festival back in 1968 because of its surrealistic and blasphemous nature, Fando y Lis is the film that allowed Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky to become a cult director and to basically play with cinema. [citation needed], On the films release in New York to generally negative reviews, with many critics comparing it unfavorably to Fellini Satyricon, which had recently opened.[5][3]. Los amantes de Módena han representado durante años el mito del amor eterno: dos esqueletos enterrados juntos, cogidos de la mano, y con uno de ellos con la cabeza vuelta hacia el otro, unidos para la eternidad.Hasta ahora, se suponía que eran un hombre y una mujer. It also reminds me of Buñuel's "Un Chien Andalou" and "L'Âge d'Or", with the absurd and surreal imagery. Prohibida en México. ‘Fando y Lis’ It starts with the familiar iconography of subversion and transgression - dolls, mannequins and handcuffs - before Fando and his paraplegic lover Lis set off across the rubble of civilisation in search of the magical city of Tar. It just keeps spinning in its own dizzying free for all. Fando Y Lis (1968, Mexico). Fando y Lis is a film adaptation of a Fernando Arrabal play by the same name, and it is Alejandro Jodorowsky's first feature-length film. En 1998 dicha editorial comenzó su andadura y tiene su sede en Aragón. Lis: "Yo moriré y nadie se acordará de mí. Highly enjoyed this one. Año: 1968. Perdóname por lo de antes. Fando y Lis Fando y Lis, 'opera prima de Alejandro Jodorowsky (Iquique, Chile, 1929) fue estrenada en 1968 en la Rese~na Mundial de Cine de Acapulco, y desde ese entonces, produjo uno de los mayores esc'andalos, lo que nos lleva a decir, dada la controversial fama ganada por su director, que no pudo haber empezado de mejor forma su carrera f'ilmica. RicardoAngeles uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. Fando Y Lis is Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature-length film, based on a play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal. Incredible restoration and release from Arrow. The problem is that the 15 minutes of narrative can be summed up thusly: A man emotionally and physically abuses his paralyzed girlfriend. Sinopsis: La opera prima de Alejandro Jodorowsky es un cuento bizarro de inocencia corrompida, amor sadomasoquista e inalcanzable paraíso. Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. 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