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MOVIE SUMMARY
A rare Spanish science fiction film, set in the far-off future of... 2000 AD!
Professor Ulop wants to find a way to transfer a person’s memory from one body to another. His experiments have worked on animals but not on humans, because “animals don’t look in the mirror”, but a human subject looking at his reflection and seeing a different face would have a psychotic breakdown.
Ulop tries to get official approval for an experiment where he would place new memories into the mind of “Patient 93” - a man whose brain is damaged so he has no memories of his own.
But the Institute’s official Council rejects the proposal because it involves the use of hallucinogenic drugs which are outlawed.
Desperate to prove his theory, Ulop and his assistant smuggle the patient out of the clinic and start the transfer of new memories into his brain. But it all goes hideously wrong, as the experiment spins madly out of control into a wild, psychedelic nightmare of lust, murder and mayhem.
The film only had a brief theatrical release in 1976 and this is its world premiere on disc."
DISC FEATURES
- Interview with the director’s daughter - Interview with
photographer Manel Muntaner - Interview with film historian Jordi
Artigas - Interview with Angel Sala of the Sitges Film Festival
REVIEWS:
“a psychedelic fusion of animation, horror, sci-fi and
hypothetical future dystopia babble that's unlike anything that came
from Spain at this time” Jon Peters, Letterboxd “plays like
some combination of a 50s sci-fi flick, a lighthearted softcore romp
and a psychedelic arthouse shocker in the vein of Ken Russell”
Strong Knotz, Letterboxd
“Quite simply one of the weirdest, most confounding movies
of all time! “ The Bedlam Files
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