27th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile
director: Roxlee
original title: Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile
country: Philippines
year: 1986
running time: 5 min.
synopsis
A punk performance about the trinity of man, the holy spirit, and the lizard follows a strange mass to the sound of heavy metal music. The film cuts to a man staggering around a room with a stocking on his head and to a lizard, which evokes bizarre, heretical associations of worshippers praying to a large reptile in churches.biography
Filipino painter and animator Roque Federizon Lee (* 1950), known as Roxlee, has been making films since 1983. He is one of the most prominent figures of the Philippine film underground and was a pioneer of film animation. He combines classical animation, found footage, and fictional elements and addresses environmental and human rights issues.more about film
director: | Roxlee |