A true underground classic. Witness: not-of-this-earth music, the funky righteousness of Ra, cinematic excellence and be prepared to alter your destiny. I'd heard good (and bad) things about this film, so my curiosity was peaked. Usually when very strong reactions are evoked of such diametric opposition, it can only mean one thing: Great Art. This movie is truly mind blowing. I can think of nowhere else, where one can obtain: Sci-Fi, Blaxplotation, Philosophy, Space Jazz, and dynamite costumes in one easy-to-swallow capsule. I highly recommend this to Sun Ra fans and those with an interest in fine Avant Garde films. Sun Ra is truly an enigma, and in excellent form in this movie. See him battle the devil across many dimensions and get ready for transmolecularization and isotope teleportation...imdb comment
This article is about the American filmmaker. For the American publisher and writer, see Larry N.Jordan. Larry Jordan is an independen t filmmaker who has been working in the Bay Area in California since 1955, and making films since 1952. He has produced some 40 experimental and animation films, and three feature-length dramatic films. He is most widely known for his animated collage films. In 1970 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to make Sacred Art of Tibet. His animation has shown by invitation at the Cannes Film Festival. Jordan is one of the founding directors of Canyon Cinema Cooperative. He has shown films and lectured throughout the country. He is presently chairman of the film department at the San Francisco Art Institute.
清廷在甲午战争中失败,签下马关条约割让台湾。一八九五年五月,日本能久亲王赴台接收。同月,丘逢甲建立台湾民主国,反抗日人统治。苗栗地方的秀才吴汤兴(温升豪 饰)受丘逢甲所托,筹备义军。吴汤兴宅心仁厚,深孚众望,妻子黄贤(杨谨华 饰)深明大义,一时间,当地豪杰徐骧、新竹姜绍祖等人纷纷投入麾下,义军同仇敌忾,欲将东洋番打出台湾。义军利用地形优势与日军展开游击战,部分弥补了武器的劣势,同时,不甘被异族统治的山贼林天霸也带着自己的队伍加入了义军。六月二十四日,日军发动了针对桃园和新竹的进攻,义军的处境愈发困难,但吴汤兴等人的坚决反抗,激发了更多台湾人抵抗的决心。