Tributes - Retrospectives - Cinema on cinema
MEXICO | 125 minutes | 1970
Jodorowsky’s legendary “acid Western” caused a sensation as a 1970s midnight movie. An outlaw in black travels with his son through the desert, where he must defeat four gun masters... And so begins an epic metaphysical quest. Known for the power and quirkiness of its imagery, strongly influenced by Christian symbolism and Eastern philosophy, El Topo established its director once and for all as the grand master of cinematic Surrealism.
No biography
Wajda looks back on the Katyn massacre perpetrated by the Russian army in 1940 — an event that saw the murder of his father, an infantry captain. Through...
Feature film , Drama
POLAND | 125 minutes | 2007
Transplant the spaghetti western to Japan, and you get a gleeful, ultra-violent spectacle with a breakneck pace.Sukiyaki Western Django — really? Never...
Feature film , Western
JAPAN | 125 minutes | 2007
The quintessential yakuza film, gutsy, out of control and unsurpassed. An uncompromising artistic rebellion.At the time, Suzuki was on the outs with his...
Feature film , Crime
JAPAN | 125 minutes | 1966
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