Save the Date: UCLA Film & Television Archive at the Billy Wilder Theater.
El Santo never had a classier venue.
¡AZTEC MUMMIES & MARTIAN INVADERS!: MEXICAN SCI-FI CLASSICS
August 2009
Though inspired by European and classic Hollywood movies, these films are distinctly Mexican—often mixing multiple genres (horror, comedy, sci-fi) and featuring several ubiquitous figures: comedians, voluptuous women, aliens and Mexican wrestlers. This series will feature newly restored and subtitled 35mm prints from the vaults of the Filmoteca at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), including:
- The Aztec Mummy vs. the Human Robot / "La momia azteca vs el robot humano" (1957, Rafael Portillo)
- The Monster's Ship / "La nave de los monstrous" (1959, Rogelio A. Gonzalez)
- The Planet of Female Invaders / "El planeta de las mujeres invasoras" (1965, Alfredo B. Crevenna)
- Santo the Silver Mask vs. The Invaders from Mars / "Santo vs la invasión de los marcianos" (1966, Alfredo B. Crevenna)
- The Stronger Sex / "El sexo fuerte" (1945, Emilio Gómez Muriel)
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Aztec Mummy vs. the Human Robot is an absolute classic. I've seen the film no fewer than three times, but never in its wide screen glory.
As for Santo the Silver Mask vs. The Invaders from Mars, such grotesque levels of high concept cinema deserve to be seen.
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