http://www.abkcofilms.com/
The news is in a really big flash file that took me about an hour to download on dial-up.
Jodorowski fans should be very excited.
Wow. I gotta check that out. I once had a friend tell me his movies were a bunch of pretentious art s**t. That bastard held me back from these kinds of films?? If the stores were open at 4 in the morning, I'd go rent everything they had. Anything that's being remastered these days is a godsend. It seems like it takes some nut who loves the films or a grant to restore old films. Too bad I don't have the time. I think film restoration where you spend forty eight days locked in a room with a computer and digital noise reduction software and a can of pork and beans would be a dream job. Anyways, thanks for posting.
This is the biggest film news ever. EL TOPO, HOLY MOUNTAIN, and the third of which I haven't heard of FANDO Y LIS.
(http://horror.mdv.se/1970%20-%20El%20Topo%20(B)(VHS).jpg)
And digitally remastered.
I thought some of these movies were already out on R2?
LH-C Wrote:
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> I thought some of these movies were already out on
> R2?
Yeah, they can be found
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/director.asp?director=Alejandro+Jodorowsky
Because of the legal dispute between Allen Klien & Alejandro Jodorowski that's lasted over thirty years, El Topo & Holy Mountain have been primarilly available in the form of faulty bootlegs made from worn out looking prints.
This is big news because Klien & Jodorowski finally reached a settlement a few months ago, meaning this will be the first "official" DVD release.
I don't know what region this new set will be, but it's reason to be enthusiastic.
Scottie Wrote:
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> I once had a friend tell me his movies were a bunch of pretentious art
> s**t. That bastard held me back from these kinds
> of films??
Actually, they are "a bunch of pretentious art s**t", but Jodorowski does all this with blood, gore, guns, T&A, pretty much all the elements of a good bmovie short of a guy in a bug suit.
A good place to figure it out for yourself would be to read the El Topo companion book over at http://www.subcin.com/bookfilm00.html , Though I must warn you, it does contain spoilers.
Kick ass! I'm a huge fan of Jodorowsky. Can't wait to have these on dvd. What ever happened to Santa Sangre? Are they going to put this on dvd?????
Yea, they should definately put SANTE SANGRE in there.
Wonder when Jodorowsky going to finish his 'Sons of El Toro'..
Alan Smithee Wrote:
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> Wonder when Jodorowsky going to finish his 'Sons
> of El Toro'..
I've been asking myself the exact same thing about Fury Road.
What's Fury Road? That's a new one to me. The only other movie I know that he has plans on doing is Tryptych.
Alan Smithee Wrote:
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> What's Fury Road? That's a new one to me. The only
> other movie I know that he has plans on doing is
> Tryptych.
Fury Road was supposed to be the fourth Mad Max movie, & has been in the planning stage for about as long as Los Hijos del Topo.