The Roxie Conjures Four Films from the Foremost Psychomagical Movie-Making Master Surrealist

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The Roxie Conjures Four Films from the Foremost Psychomagical Movie-Making Master Surrealist

To celebrate the release of ENDLESS POETRY... Alejandro Jodorowsky Retro! FriDAY, July 14 & SatURDAY, July 15 the Roxie conjures four films from the foremost psychomagical movie-making master surrealist. Co-presented by MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS & Spoke Art, who will be selling limited-edition posters for EL TOPO & THE HOLY MOUNTAIN! EL TOPO (1970) 35mm FANDO y LIS (1968) DCP Jodorowsky’s legendary, notorious cult hit Considered lost for over 30 years, essentially created the genre of the mid- Jodorowsky’s visionary first feature night movie — a spectacle so stunning and blends blended surreal beauty and sav- bizarre that normal hours couldn’t contain age imagery to fashion this bizarre tale it. Jodorowsky’s aesthetically outrageous of corrupted innocence, sadomasochistic provocation will unspool here a 35mm love, and unattainable paradise. 96 mins. version of a restoration overseen THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973) 35mm by the director. 124 Mins. The follow to EL TOPO, Jodorowsky’s 3rd film is a much loved flood of sacrilegious imagery, existential symbolism and outrageous violence. This pristine 35mm restoration, done in collaboration with the filmmaker, returns Jodorowsky’s most visually extravagant film to all it’s trippysplendor. 113 mins. SANTA SANGRE The (1989) DCP This garish Oedipal fantasy, scripted by Jodorowsky & Claudio Psychomagical Argento (brother of Dario), resonates with all the disturbing power of a Series Pass clammy nightmare filtered through may still be available. the hallucinatory lens of 1960s psy- Only $40.00! chedelia., straddling a strange hinter- land between the visually ravishing Buy Now, or suffer forever the art film and highbrow horror movie. negative emotions that we inherit from our parents! 123 mins..

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