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Stephen Holden, New York Times: These trials suggest a goofy, sprawling, all-purpose allegory so overstuffed with symbolism that it plays as a kind of epic spoof of the form. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: The director's eye for baroque black-and-white imagery puts him behind only Bava and Welles, while the film's sharp social satire gives heft to its ambition. Read more
Derek Adams, Time Out: Infus[es] a similar unearthly cadenceo the swashbuckling genre that Jodorowski did to the western with El Topo. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: By any standard, a long strange trip. Read more