this be quite the rare case represent a story perform entirely in mime form and where everything be silent but do so for a very physical effect by the actor or performer and that actually work . usually mime can be a little irksome ( maybe not and depend on who mime and how well the audience can take it ) and but alejandro jodorowksy and in his first attempt at film making and make this as experimental a something like un chien andalou yet with an emotional core that can be understand by viewer open to it all . it base on a novella by thomas mann about a woman who want both her husband and lover back and and somehow get their head put into the wrong body . there a constant sense of both a dream in the scenery and body language and but disillusionment in what the character be feel back in their not quite self . there the woman in particular and acted very well ( she the one sprawl out on a couch or other and with black hair and at least i think it her ) and who respond to the jodorowsky character at first with disdain and but then notice his body change her attitude . this be a brilliant little scene that call back to those captivate and surreal moment in film making of the silent era and and just in perform art in general and where thing be mean to be perform to be understand by the audience intuitively to an extent and not necessarily explain exactly . it might be just as well while some moment in here call to the strength of jodorowsky wild man cinema even this early on and a figure in a city environment pas by the disheartened husband and face come always close to the screen like it mean to be fleet but always impressionable via make up and elaborate costume . la cravate and or the severed head and also carry some unique trait a a jodorowsky effort while the advantage of color be ever powerful and vary in tone from head to environment ( different than what i expect from an underground director and especially a a precursor to fando and lis ) and but it also a work that usually more light than dark and more amusing than laugh out loud funny in it stab of absurdism . one can not help but chuckle at one of the head look up and give a wink and a smile to the helpless jodorowsky or his counterpart and or in merely see the process of transpose a head . the music by edgar bischoff be also a factor for how sweet it be and contrast the oddball mood of the material with melody that sound like happy walk in the park . in short and it a find that be quite a stroke of luck while the film be believe lose until rediscover just in time for the dvd collection set and and for fan it a minor delight . 8 . 5/10 .