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Release Date:
8 June 1972 (Mexico)
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See this film before it sees you.
Plot:
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
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Riots broke out at the screening? Not surprising....
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Also Known As:
Fando and Lis (USA)
Fando and Lis: Tar Babies
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Runtime:
93 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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When the film premiered at the 1968 Acapulco Film Festival, the first screening erupted into a riot. Director
Alejandro Jodorowsky had to leave the theatre by sneaking outside to a waiting limousine. When the crowd outside the theatre recognized him, the car was pelted with rocks. The following week, the film opened to sell-out crowds in Mexico City, but fights broke out in the audiences and the film was banned by the Mexican government. Jodorowsky himself was nearly deported and the scandal provided much fodder for the Mexican newspapers.
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Once upon a time... a long, long time ago... there was a mystical city, Tar. And at that time all the cities were intact and flourishing, because the final war had not yet begun. When the great catastrophe occurred, all the cities crumbled... except Tar...
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Fando and Lis is a very disturbing surrealist film, and at its initial screening supposedly riots broke out...considering when it was released, it's not hard to imagine why. I'm sure there were just a few images and ideas in this that nobody was ready for in the 60's, at least not in Mexico. Fando and Lis are a young couple in a post-disaster world who set out to find the city of Tar, where everything is supposedly wonderful. Fando is rather a cruel but sometimes sympathetic boyfriend, Lis is crippled as the result of a childhood trauma and is generally who Fando takes his frustrations out on. Along the way they meet up with various VERY odd people, including a priest that drinks blood, mud people, crazed women with bowling balls, drag queens, to name but a few. Is there a story to this? Well, yes there is, sort of, but don't worry too much about that, just settle back (if you can) with your mouth hanging open and watch. At times this is a bit whimsical, at others it may well be a horror movie, and yet it all manages to fascinate, if you're of the right frame of mind to be watching this. If you like Bunuel or Fellini, this will be right up your alley, but if you have no sense of adventure you may have a riot right in your own living room....try not to stone the TV though. 9 out of 10.