Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Alchemist
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The Holy Mountain (Spanish: La montaña sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican surreal film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film.
Jul 11, 1975 · With Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara. In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Jun 18, 2018 · The Holy Mountain is the attempt to enlighten the entire society. To prepare, he found a Guru, who gave him LSD. Then after he had gathered his cast, he took them on a three month retreat to prepare, and the film itself seems to have taken six months to shoot.
A Mexican master (Alexandro Jodorowsky) leads a Christ figure (Horacio Salinas) and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men.
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The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The Holy Moun...
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment. A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery.
An alchemist gathers together a group of people to represent the planets in the solar system. The man’s intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the gods who secretly rule the universe. Rentals include 30 days to start watching ...
The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The Holy Mountain is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth.
Overview. The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island.
La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 Mexican surreal fantasy film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film.
