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The Holy Mountain

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7.6/10 • 928

1973-11-291h 53m

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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. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

Directors
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Editors
Federico Landeros

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  1. Alejandro Jodorowsky

    Alejandro Jodorowsky

    The Alchemist

  2. Horacio Salinas

    Horacio Salinas

    The Thief

  3. Zamira Saunders

    Zamira Saunders

    The Written Woman

  4. Juan Ferrara

    Juan Ferrara

    Fon

  5. Adriana Page

    Adriana Page

    Isla

  6. Burt Kleiner

    Burt Kleiner

    Klen

  7. Valerie Jodorowsky

    Valerie Jodorowsky

    Sel

  8. Nicky Nichols

    Nicky Nichols

    Berg

  9. Richard Rutowski

    Richard Rutowski

    Axon

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Sigeki Ogino

Oct 2, 2022

10/10

This video work is visualized, "psychotherapy". It is truly in the realm of the divine. The numerous famous scenes, eccentric, unusually colorful, erotic, gross-out, and fully materialized by the alchemy of Mr. Alexandre Jodorowsky, can sufficiently heal patients with "mental disorders" as "psychotherapy" even if there is no dialogue in them. And the film is an ensemble of images of the perverts of the earth, including sexuality, grotesqueness, sanctity, love (or abuse) of the disabled, and contempt for animals, all in one film. This is not only Alejandro Jodorowsky's masterpiece, but (at least for me) I was healed by this film. It is this visual work, more than drugs or masturbation, that is the source of salvation for me. So this film is a Copernican turn in psychiatry beyond art. Thank you for saving me. And if you watch it without subtitles, you will have a much more enjoyable experience.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
$750,000.00
Revenue
$96,262.00
Keywords
mexicoparaplegicchristianityreligion and supernaturalsymbolismsurrealsatiresurrealismthiefenlightenmentavant-gardecrucifixblasphemyalchemypsychedelicalchemist