With November's cold and dark weather drawing in, Lost Signal Cinema Club invites you to Burrito Buoy and into the sun-drenched desert of the surrealist acid Western EL TOPO.
A mix of Sergio Leone, Tod Browning and Luis Buñuel (with perhaps a dash of Charles Manson), El Topo is Alejandro Jodorowsky's journey beyond the myths and symbols of more traditional Western films and into something altogether weirder: a greasy, grimy, blood-soaked spectacle of violence, Judeo-Christian religion and Eastern philosophy. Upon release and for decades after, the film was shown primarily at arthouse midnight screenings and distributed through bootlegs and censored Japanese laserdiscs, granting it a cult following.
By turns mesmerising, violent and full of symbolism, this is the very definition of a “love it or hate it” film: the desert becomes a blank canvas full of dreamlike figures with Jodorowsky's black-clad gunslinger squarely in the middle of it.
Runtime: 124 mins. Cert: 18.
Info:
- Burrito Buoy will open its doors and bar at 17:30. Please arrive as close to doors as possible.
- The screening will start at 18:00 and will end by approximately 20:15.
- We would love to have you stick around for a drink and a chat after the screening!
- Food and drink from outside is not permitted. Burrito Buoy's bar will be open for drinks (and of course, free homemade popcorn), and we encourage you to support the venue.
- We have a limited amount of lower income tickets available, no questions asked.
- PLEASE NOTE: If you are running late, please enter through the back entrance of Burrito Buoy.
Accessibility:
- The screening will be on the ground floor and there is a small ledge betwen the entrance and the venue.
- Should you require space for a wheelchair or require specific seating, please let us know in advance so we can reserve a space for you.
- Bathrooms are gender-neutral.
- The film will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles.
Focused on screening the weird, obscure, experimental, and underseen, Lost Signal Cinema Club is a new community cinema based in Folkestone. Follow Lost Signal Cinema Club on Instagram for upcoming screening announcements.
Completely volunteer-run and not-for-profit, any support will help us continue to bring more screenings to Folkestone.
Please note: we will only offer refunds on tickets up to 48h before the screening. Thank you for understanding and we hope to see you at our next event!