The Holy Mountain
1973
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Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (Spanish: [xoðoˈɾofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films El Topo and The Holy Mountain , Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and ...
Alejandro Jodorowsky. Writer: El Topo. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Tocopilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1939 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer.
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May 15, 2024 · “I am an earthling — after that I’m galactic and then I’m universal,” Alejandro Jodorowsky tells me in Spanish from his home in Paris during a recent video call. At 95, the Chilean-born cult...
May 8, 2024 · Alejandro Jodorowsky (born February 17, 1929, Tocopilla, Chile) is a Chilean-born French filmmaker and author known for his surrealistic films, especially El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain (1973).
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- 'The Holy Mountain' (1973) Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders. A definitive film within the entire arthouse genre/movement, The Holy Mountain is a singular achievement unlike anything else in cinema, for better or worse (depending on how much you like Alejandro Jodorowsky and his singular style).
- 'El Topo' (1970) Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta. After two bizarre yet somewhat light-hearted fantasy films, El Topo was the film that ended up making Alejandro Jodorowsky whatever the cult director version of a household name is.
- 'Santa Sangre' (1989) Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell. Plenty of Alejandro Jodorowsky movies have dreamlike or nightmarish sequences, but none are as abundantly horror-focused as Santa Sangre.
- 'Endless Poetry' (2016) Starring: Adan Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores. With Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky essentially made a sequel, with this film picking up right where The Dance of Reality left off.
Alejandro Jodorowsky. Writer: El Topo. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Tocopilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1939 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1953 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau.
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Mar 14, 2014 · March 14, 2014. In September, on the day of the Paris premiere of “The Dance of Reality,” his first movie in 23 years, Alejandro Jodorowsky, the Chilean-born filmmaker, learned that he was now an...
