Elephants, Eagles & Chickens, Oh My!
After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re heading down to Mexico City to discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (1989).
Santa Sangre sees Fenix (Axel Jodorowsky), a former circus magician, escape from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother Concha (Blanca Guerra), the leader of a strange religious cult. Once they are reunited, Fenix is forced to enact brutal murders on Concha’s behalf as he becomes “her arms.” Only a figure from his past, the deaf mute tightrope walker Alma (Sabrina Dennison), can stop him before he murders again; but will she be able to reach him in time?
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Episode 293: Santa Sangre (1989)
Pull that literal python out of your pants and get ready for the mime of your life because we’re attending the Circo del Gringo to discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre!
Join us as we offer up a primer on Jodorowksy before diving into this gorgeous, often touching film. From Fenix’s (Axel Jodorowsky) childhoood trauma to his mother Concha’s (Blanca Guerra) penchant for psychic arm control, this movie has it all!
Plus: detachable ears, an extravagant elephant funeral, acidic genital maimings, behind-the-scenes testicle-grabbings and lots and lots of chickens.
Cross out Santa Sangre!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re covering our first screenlife film with a look at Unfriended: Dark Web!
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