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She's a deaf mute and you can do whatever you want with her.

No 467 - Santa Sangre Director - Alejandro Jadorowsky So, getting back into the swing of things with a film I hadn't even heard of. I have finished Battlestar Galactica (at last) so expect these to become slightly more regular again. The film begins with a naked man up a tree. All pretty standard, until you realise that this tree is in a room, with a dog basket at the bottom and our protagonist thinks he is an ape (he even eats fish like Gollum .... gross man). We follow the man as he gradually flirts closer to normality and ultimately escapes the asylum. Whilst that may sound like I've just given a lot of information, really I haven't. What is important is what happens before and after this moment. This is a film of two parts and I will tackle each part separately . I shall begin , logically, at the beginning. The tale of Felix, a young circus magician (who looks oddly like Dandy Dan - ( this is the best picture I could find of Mr Dandy Dan - Google is loosing its touch)...