[ENDLESS POETRY
screens Friday July 21st at 9:20 pm and Saturday July 22nd
at 6:55 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
Not so much a sequel as it is part of the same film, surrealist
filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ENDLESS
POETRY picks up right where his previous film, THE DANCE OF REALITY, left off. Leaving his childhood behind, ENDLESS POETRY finds Jodorowsky as a
young man (Adan Jodorowsky) living in Santiago, Chile.
Although Alejandro’s father Jaime’s (Brontis Jodorowsky)
attitude seemed to soften somewhat by the end of THE DANCE OF REALITY, he’s back to being a stern figure as ENDLESS POETRY
begins. This is a man who hires a little person to dress up like Hitler and
stand outside his store to drum up business, and he definitely has no sympathy
for shoplifters. He also wants his son to become a doctor rather than follow
his muse to become an artist, a profession Jaime believes is reserved for
homosexuals.
