film_stills: El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky 1970)

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@ 2006-07-03 23:32:00

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El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky 1970)

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	I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole" twoheaded_boy 2006-07-04 03:46 am UTC (link)
	One of my favourites! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole" ninjaguydan 2006-07-04 03:56 am UTC (link)
	I know, I'm just being funny. -) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole" sinkswim 2006-07-04 05:06 am UTC (link)
	ha the lj cut made me laugh (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole"

skeletorgo
2006-07-04 05:36 am UTC (link)

you just had to be the guy to translate the movie title for him...
I think if

ninjaguydan

you just had to be the guy to translate the movie title for him...
I think if

ninjaguydan actually saw the movie (which is pretty safe to say he did), he already would have been explained that the movie is called "The Mole" in the King's English.
Jodorowsky is one of my favorite directors ever.

ninjaguydan pulls through yet again as the BEST MOVIE CAPPER IN FILM STILLS HISTORY.
To everybody else and your 1960's French B&W films... fuck you.

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	Re: I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole" flavordav 2006-07-04 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	I've watched Jodorowsky's very own print of The Holy Mountain, and, had Sept. 11th, 2001 not intervened, would have been in teh same rom with Anna Karina for a screening of A bande a part, and, given a choice ... That being said, I'm still glad I got to see THM on the big screen ... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole" skeletorgo 2006-07-04 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like the terrorists won. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I think El Topo is actually Spanish for "The Mole" flavordav 2006-07-04 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, dammit, they did. She cancelled out at the last minute, or, at any rate, after I'd spent good money. But are any of AJ's films available in legitimate, or at least decent quality editions these days? I THINK I saw an ET/HM set, SS at least on VHS, but ... (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: Your Che LOGO
(Anonymous)
2006-07-09 08:33 am UTC (link)

Che Guevara, your logo, the myth

This man, who ordered the execution of countless human beings while in charge of the notorious La Cabaña prison in Havana, who terrorized Cuban society and who denied freedom to thousands of citizens whom he considered "deviants" or "anti-revolutionaries" can never be accepted as a hero, martyr or -- the shock of it -- a saint. The blood of thousands of Cubans is on the hands of "Che" Guevara. The families who lost loved ones cannot condone this exhibition and must protest and express their anger and disgust. The revulsion of Cubans to this man is as valid and honest as would be that of the Jewish community if confronted with the idealization of Adolf Hitler.   Ernesto "Che" Guevara dreamed of creating the "New Man" at any cost. During the Cuban missile crisis, he was in favor of a nuclear war because he believed that a better world could be built from the ashes, regardless of the cost in millions of lives. By adhering to his anti-American feelings and pro-Soviet stance, he achieved a role in history that stands for one failure after another, both in Cuba, as well as in all the other countries where he went to promote and disseminate Castro's Revolution.  

Ernesto "Che" Guevara had all the characteristics of a ruthless dictator and opponent of freedom. He believed that the end justifies the means, and he fanatically adhered to this gospel. This "idealized icon" is the one who, as a modern day Grand Inquisitor, eliminated many of his foes with a single pistol shot to the back of their heads. And he is also the same one who authored these enhancing words printed in the identity booklets of young Cuban soldiers sent to fight in Angola: "Blind hate against the enemy creates a forceful impulse that cracks the boundaries of natural human limitations, transforming the soldier in an effective, selective and cold killing machine. A people without hate cannot triumph against the adversary." Guevara's elevation as symbol of goodness, due to the self-indulgence and frivolity of pampered Western pseudo revolutionaries, speaks clearly of their lack of critical objective analysis, forgetting that, as Anthony Daniels states, "The difference between 'Che' Guevara and Pol Pot was that Guevara never studied in Paris."

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	you're preaching to the choir my friend... ninjaguydan 2006-07-09 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	and that's why I scarred up his logo with mine. my tiny act of defamation.... ...my grandpa was on his hit list back in Cuba, kind of had to relocate the family to NYC after that debacle.. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wooooooo symbolism! theinnocence 2006-07-04 04:50 am UTC (link)
	same here! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kamera1 2006-07-04 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Jodorowsky is a fucking genius (Reply to this)

	mispeliculas 2006-07-04 05:11 am UTC (link)
	I was wondering when someone would do this. Strange caps (Reply to this)

	oldrecipe 2006-07-04 05:21 am UTC (link)
	thank you john lennon! (Reply to this)

	bobotobobo 2006-07-04 05:25 am UTC (link)
	This is one of my favorite movies ever. (Reply to this)

	moscowdisco 2006-07-04 06:05 am UTC (link)
	oh man i love jodorowsky, i need to get my hands on this - where did you get your copy? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	yuval 2006-07-05 01:07 am UTC (link)
	karagarga.kicks-ass.org (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	moscowdisco 2006-07-08 01:42 am UTC (link)
	thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	maradeath 2006-07-04 06:16 am UTC (link)
	Topo is my nick-name, in Mexico, it's the word used for animals like gophers, hamsters, and moles too! I loved this movie. I also wet myself when I found a copy of the soundtrack on LP for under $20.00! (Reply to this)

	sixdegrees44 2006-07-05 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	i love this movie, which is pretty obvious from my icon. (Reply to this)

	intrepid_trips 2006-08-06 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	this movie is insane. I always try to get people to watch it but most never get through it which is sad. One of those amazing films that not enough people know about (Reply to this)

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