Alejandro Jodorowsky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, composer and writer with a large cult following. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation." His most notable works include El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), all of which have had limited release but achieved popularity amongst various countercultural groups. He has cited the filmmaker Federico Fellini as his primary cinematic influence, and has been described as an influence on such figures as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch. After a failed attempt to return to filmmaking with a film entitled King Shot starring Marilyn Manson and produced by David Lynch, Alejandro is set to return to cinema with the sequel to El Topo entitled Abel Cain sometime in late 2011 or 2012. Jodorowsky is also a playwright and play director, having produced over one hundred plays, primarily in Mexico where he lived for much of his life. Alongside this he is also a writer, particularly of comic books - his The Incal even has been noted as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written - as well as books on his own theories about spirituality. Jodorowsky has been involved in the occult and various spiritual and religious groups, including Zen Buddhism and forms of Mexican shamanism, and has formulated his own spiritual system, which he has called "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro Jodorowsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Holy Mountain
as The AlchemistThe Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the...
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El Topo
as El TopoEl Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with...
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Endless Poetry
as Old AlejandroA portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric...
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Jodorowsky's Dune
as SelfShot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director...
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The Dance of Reality
as Old Alejandro“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to...
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Fando and Lis
as Puppeteer (uncredited)Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on...
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as HimselfFrom 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
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Fake News
as Mysterious manAfter stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good...
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The Island
as JodoIn Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until...
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The Severed Heads
as uncreditedA short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living...
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Psychomagic: A Healing Art
as HimselfExplores the therapeutic work of director Alejandro Jodorowsky, showing by means of real acts,...
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Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
as SelfFrench artist and author Jean Giraud is one of the most famous and influential comic strip...
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My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
as SelfA documentary directed by Winding Refn's wife, Liv Corfixen, and it follows the Danish-born...
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NWR
as SelfA documentary about Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, winner of the Best Director award at...
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The Jodorowsky Constellation
as SelfThis documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves,...
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Helicopter
as HimselfTo heal the wounds of his family and spirit, Director Ari Gold goes on an epic two year journey...
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Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
as FernandoThe fragile Lia suffers from a deep depression. Her relationship with her boyfriend Viktor is...
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No Big Deal
as PabloThree sons are sent on a journey to trace their father's checkered past.
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Musikanten
as Ludwig van BeethovenDuring research for a series focused on the greatest scientists of the past, a TV producer,...
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Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
as HimselfAfter his dream project DUNE fell apart, visionary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky took a break...
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Melodrama Sacramental
as HimselfThe Panic Movement performed theatrical events designed to be shocking, as a response to...
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Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as SelfThis documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features...
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The Family Forest
as HimselfEpigenetics and psychogenealogy through a VERY personal experience.
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A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
as SelfWith free eyes, an open heart, good friends and a handful of luck, Gurcius Gewdner revisits some...
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Born Without
as uncredited'Born Without' is a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose...
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A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
as uncreditedThis six minute interview with director Alejandro Jodorowsky can be found on the release of EL...
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He! Viva Dada
as SelfReport from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center,...
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In Search of Moebius
as HimselfDocumentary about Frenchman Jean Giraud, one of the most influential comic strip illustrators...
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Anticlimax
as uncreditedThe Mexican Gelsen Gas side by side with Alexandro Jodorowsky (Fando y Lis, El Topo, The Holy...
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Psicotaxi
as HimselfFresnadillo wheel an impromptu consultation with Alejandro Jodorowsky, while driving in a taxi...
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Tripping The Dark Fantastic
as HimselfShowcasing a live performance at Earth Theatre, London in 2021 and interviews with the artists...
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Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
as HimselfAlejandro Jodorowsky feeds a flock of seagulls.
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Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
as HimselfA short documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's therapeutic practice of psychomagic.
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La colorina
as SelfPortrait of the Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín (1926 -2006), who was called “La colorina”...
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Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
as AlejandroThese are initiation tales of A. Jodorowsky, tales and legends adapted from ancestral...
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
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Le Cercle
as uncreditedAs long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of...
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