Truly astonishing film from writerdirectorcomposer alejandro jodorowsky. In 2000, jodorowsky won the jack smith lifetime achievement award from the chicago underground film festival cuff. All 8 alejandro jodorowsky movies ranked from worst to best. So theres plenty of nudity for a nice range of viewers.
Pais mexico director alejandro jodorowsky guion alejandro jodorowsky musica alejandro jodorowsky fotografia rafael corkidi reparto alejandro jodorowsky, brontis jodorowsky, jose legarreta, alfonso arau, jose luis fernandez productora producciones panicas genero western. As a greasy, grimy, goredripping western, it works just fine, and not even the early clint eastwood films had so much sweat and sadism. In 1955 he went to paris and studied mime with marcel marceau. Since 1948, jodorowsky has worked as a novelist, screenwriter, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a film and theater director and producer, an actor, a film editor, a comics writer, a musician and composer, a philosopher, a puppeteer, a mime, a psychologist and. Jodorowsky unleashes a torrent of philosophy, religion, startling violence. His fans have included john lennon and marilyn manson. In 1942 he moved to santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. The first draft of the script, a unique insight into alejandro jodorowskys creative process. Alejandro jodorowsky was born in iquique, chile on february 17, 1929. All 8 alejandro jodorowsky movies ranked from worst to.
The alchemist alejandro jodorowsky assembles together a group of people from all walks of life. Propelled to cult film infamy when a rave from john lennon helped secure its. Alejandro jodorowskys legendary, notorious cult hit essentially created the genre. This is one of the most hypnotic films youll ever see and is one that stays in the mind for. A mysterious blackclad gunfighter wanders a mystical western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters. According to festival director bryan wendorf, it was an open question of whether cuff would be allowed to show both films, or whether the. May 05, 2017 alejandro jodorowsky was born on february 17, 1929 in tocopilla, a small mining town on the chilean coast. With alejandro jodorowsky, brontis jodorowsky, jose legarreta, alfonso arau. Just watch this film with your mind wide open and let it astound you. Alamy like bodhidharma who was a fifthcentury buddhist monk, by the way, jodorowsky has also collected disciples along the way. Most of the other main characters are shown nude through out the film as well.
The editing cuts dont seem that weird or artsy compared to requiem for a dream or the cuts to the inner workings of machinery, such as the film processing machine in one hour photo. He developed psychomagic, a combination of psychotherapy and shamanic magic. This experimental film reached cult status as the first of the midnight. Jodorowsky is still alive and the movie recently was released on dvd. Prix special du jury au festival international du film fantastique davoriaz 1974. Alejandro jodorowskys the holy mountain r, 1973, 116 min. Nellarticolo i link per il download della pellicola, per vederla in streaming e per guardarne qualche pezzo su youtube. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of christian symbolism and eastern philosophy, the film is about the eponymous character a violent, blackclad gunfighter and his quest for enlightenment. He started writing poetry as a teenager living in santiago, where he met now consecrated poets like enrique lihn and nicanor parra, and engaged in several performances and happenings that were ahead of its time. Watch any number of documentaries or interviews with the man himself and the film will often stand proud as the pioneer of the midnight movie.
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