like a battering ram through the doors of perception...
This Thursday evening, March 22 @ 7pm, please join us for:
The Holy Mountain @ The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
(please let me know if you are coming, 'cause I'll be there around 6pm to reserve seats!)
Jodorowsky talks about the re-releases of Fando y Lis, El Topo, & the Holy Mountain:
For over thirty years, El Topo & The Holy Mountain have only been available in heavily censored & low-res quality bootleg versions, due to contractual disputes between the producer Allen Klein & Jodorowsky. This situation finally began to find resolution a few years ago... as i reported in the comments of a previous post, Allen Klein & Jodorowsky had begun to settle their differences. So, ABKCO Films will finally release DVDs of all three of these films together on May 1st, 2007 (although Fando y Lis was recently available through Fantomas)!
This screening of The Holy Mountain @ The Alamo is from a 35mm print that Jodorowsky 2K scanned digitally & restored to 35mm & HD... while the El Topo print is from an optical restoration done in 1996.
Here's some more info about The Holy Mountain & Jodorowsky in general:
The wikipedia entry has some decent info (including plot spoilers) about The Holy Mountain.
The imdb entry also provides some curious notes & commentary.
Surreal Films has some low-res still images from The Holy Mountain.
Dinosaur Gardens » Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain gives a little more background & even provides .mp3's of the soundtrack!
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Here's an excellent essay length profile & retrospective of Jodorowsky's film career
And here's an awesome article from Res Magazine which explores Jodorowsky's mythos in the graphic novel medium:
Jodo Universe: Inside the Esoteric Mind of Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Hotweird: The Symbol Grows generally has the most complete info about Jodorowsky online.
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Here are a couple of recent interviews of Jodorowsky in English:
one by Daniel Robert Epstein @ SuicideGirls
and another by Al Weisel @ Premiere Magazine
You may enjoy comparison with this June 1973 interview in Penthouse
--
I have previously posted other musings about Jodorowsky's recent projects...
The Holy Mountain @ The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
(please let me know if you are coming, 'cause I'll be there around 6pm to reserve seats!)
Jodorowsky talks about the re-releases of Fando y Lis, El Topo, & the Holy Mountain:
For over thirty years, El Topo & The Holy Mountain have only been available in heavily censored & low-res quality bootleg versions, due to contractual disputes between the producer Allen Klein & Jodorowsky. This situation finally began to find resolution a few years ago... as i reported in the comments of a previous post, Allen Klein & Jodorowsky had begun to settle their differences. So, ABKCO Films will finally release DVDs of all three of these films together on May 1st, 2007 (although Fando y Lis was recently available through Fantomas)!
This screening of The Holy Mountain @ The Alamo is from a 35mm print that Jodorowsky 2K scanned digitally & restored to 35mm & HD... while the El Topo print is from an optical restoration done in 1996.
Here's some more info about The Holy Mountain & Jodorowsky in general:
The wikipedia entry has some decent info (including plot spoilers) about The Holy Mountain.
The imdb entry also provides some curious notes & commentary.
Surreal Films has some low-res still images from The Holy Mountain.
Dinosaur Gardens » Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain gives a little more background & even provides .mp3's of the soundtrack!
--
Here's an excellent essay length profile & retrospective of Jodorowsky's film career
And here's an awesome article from Res Magazine which explores Jodorowsky's mythos in the graphic novel medium:
Jodo Universe: Inside the Esoteric Mind of Alejandro Jodorowsky
--
Hotweird: The Symbol Grows generally has the most complete info about Jodorowsky online.
--
Here are a couple of recent interviews of Jodorowsky in English:
one by Daniel Robert Epstein @ SuicideGirls
and another by Al Weisel @ Premiere Magazine
You may enjoy comparison with this June 1973 interview in Penthouse
--
I have previously posted other musings about Jodorowsky's recent projects...