His films are indeed great. I actually met him briefly after he did a talk in London a few years back, I gave him my "El Topo" book to sign, he took one look and said "I deed not authorize zeess edeetion!!". He still signed it and posed for a picture though!
Fando Y Liz is unjustly overlooked, seems much closer to his theatrical stuff and the Panic theatre. Even Arrabal (who wrote the original play) says he can't make head or tail of it!
Oh and on a related note, Arrabal's two films "Viva La Muerte" and "J'Irai Comme un Cheval Fou" are bloody excellent too, just as crazed as anything Jodo did, but slightly more focused!
Has anyone seen Jodo's other stuff? I've seen the Rainbow Thief, thought it was a load of balls to be honest... I know there's dodgy copies of Tusk here and there, but its reputation is not very good!
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