Blog #4 scene analysis

Fando y Lis (original title) 

Fando and Lis

Chapter 5: Cemetery Romp, 15:40-19:10 min

Director, Alejandro Jodorowsky

I chose this film and that scene because Jodorowsky’s films are amazing, They are my favorites and every time I see them I can find something new, a new thought that I haven’t had before.

This movie is about Fando and Lis a couple that are experiment the different phases of a love relationship and the end of this journey is the dead. At the same time they are looking for the meaning of life. They are looking for “Tar” a place they are looking for, but they have to go through obscene temptations, and the director takes this too serious and explicit.

I picked chapter 5, in this chapter Fando and Lis are taking some rest in a cemetery, Lis is singing “I will die, and no one will remember me” but Fando says that he will remember her and he will visit her grave with a flower and a dog and at her funeral he will sing in a low voice “how beautiful is a funeral” then a guitar starts playing and someone singing “how beautiful is a funeral, I’ll visit your grave with a flower and a dog” Then trumps, drums and a saxophone keep playing, no lyrics, just music. The melody is faster and more “fun” while the cuts in the movie show us to Fando and Lis lying down on the graves, behind them making so many different faces and acting like statutes. Some shots are hand recorded so it looks like a documentary and it is black and white, so the music contrasts with this lighting. They are like making fun of the dead but after a few minutes the music slows down and a flute takes over. Same melody but more sentimental, you can notice the change of mood, from happiness to sadness. Fando and Lis are on their knees looking at a grave. The interesting here is that in the grave is Lis’s doll, this part is going backwards so instead of burying in the grave they are digging up until they can take the doll out of the grave.

 I recommend this director and his work. It is something complete different but you are sensitive about some topics like religion and sex don’t watch them. But they make you think a lot if you do watch them.