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VIVA LA MUERTE (Long live Death) centers on Fando (Mahdi Chaouch), a young boy whose father has been arrested for treason during the Spanish civil war. Fando struggles with his father's arrest, and in a shocking moment discovers a letter in which his mother admits to betraying his father. His mother convinces him that his father committed suicide in prison, but Fando doubts this and attempts to discover the true fate of his father.

The debut film of Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal, VIVA LA MUERTE is a surreal tour-de-force considered by many critics to be the pinnacle of Spanish avant-garde filmmaking. Fueled with surreal images of violence, sexuality and biting political commentary, the film posits Arrabal as one of the preeminent Spanish-language surrealists alongside Luis Buñuel and Alejandro Jodorowsky.

"A SURREAL SHOCKER"
- San Francisco Examiner

"INESCAPABLY A MAJOR WORK!"
- N.Y. Times

"VIVA LA MUERTE
is a paroxysm of anguish, a scream for liberty and probably one of the most ferocious, violent films ever made."
- Amos Vogel, Village Voice

SPECIAL DVD FEATURES
New Digital Transfer
Exclusive 18 minute Interview with director Fernando Arrabal
Lobbycard gallery Theatrical trailer Scene selection 6-Page liner notes Widescreen - Enhanced for 16x9 Dual layer


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VIVA LA MUERTE
(Special edition) DVD
DVD013 (NTSC) $29.95
Director: Fernando Arrabal
1970 90 Minutes 35mm . Color Not Rated Uncut Version French or Spanish language with optional English subtitles

Release date: October 29, 2002

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Arrabal's second film; I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE (J'irai Comme un Cheval Fou) forsakes the political allegory present in Viva La Muerte for a dramatic discovery of faith and organized religion.
The story follows a man, Aden, played by the American George Shannon, who flees society after the death of his controlling mother. Out in the wilderness he encounters the beauty of nature, and under the tutelage of a hermit named Marvel, becomes a "normal homme." Aden falls desperately in love with Marvel, who can communicate with animals, the clouds, and the sun. Upon returning to civilization, Marvel in tow, Aden is more aware than ever of the hideous and hypocritical nature of human society.
I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE has long been considered a masterpiece of surrealist film and stands as Arrabal's most delirious and devlish picture, an outrageous portrait of both other-worldly beauty and inner torment.

SPECIAL DVD FEATURES
New Digital Transfer
Exclusive 15 minute Interview with director Fernando Arrabal
Lobbycard gallery Theatrical trailer Scene selection 6-Page liner notes Widescreen - Enhanced for 16x9 Dual layer

I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE
(Special edition) DVD
DVD014 (NTSC) $29.95
Director: Fernando Arrabal
1973 90 Minutes 35mm . Color Not Rated Uncut Version French language with optional English subtitles

Release date: November 26, 2002