ELECTRA MY LOVE-(1974)-This is a very unusual adaptation of the Greek tragedy ELECTRA and ORESTES, made in Hungary.
It uses long uninterrupted camera shots and weird symbolic scenes (including dwarfs with cymbals and much nudity) that look like Alejandro Jodorowsky could have influenced them! (He made THE HOLY MOUNTAIN in ’73) Occasionally a modern day folksinger shows up and sings! It also features anachronistic props like a helicopter and guns! Did Alex Cox see this movie??
Very slow and arty but occasionally fascinating..
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you"....Oscar Wilde
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