6/10
Jodorowsky's first film, still weird as anything though. Loosely put, the film follows a couple of lovers in a tumultuous relationship who embark on a journey towards the possibly nonexistent town of Tar, in search of perfection. It's kind of an extremely warped road movie, with one review I saw describing the landscapes as "bombed-out Fellini sets" which seems apt...I think I need more time to mull over it but it was certainly interesting.
Jodorowsky presented each of the films and, at 82 years old, has an impressive amount of intensity. He told some interesting stores, particularly about how he couldn't get Fando y Lis or El Topo made by any of the Mexican production companies except one that produced short films...so he was told to divide each movie into four parts so they could be released as four consecutive short films, which explains why both have four acts. And when introducing Fando y Lis, he had a particularly great line: "I hope you understand this movie, because I never could".
He also mentioned that the long-rumoured Son of El Topo movie is in the works, and apparently he's financing it out of his own pocket, but like any Jodorowsky project, who knows if it'll ever come to fruition...
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