Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of world cinemaâs most fabled iconoclasts. Often venerated as the ultimate cult film director, the Chilean artist shot to prominence as a 1970s counter-cultural icon thanks to the masterful movies presented on this collection: Fando y Lis, El Topo and The Holy Mountain. These extraordinary films, presented here alongside his stunning new film Psychomagic, bedazzled audiences with their unique aesthetic, contrasting violence and beauty; the sublime and the sacrilegious; the mystical and the macabre...
Jodorowskyâs first feature, Fando y Lis, tells of young Fando and his paraplegic sweetheart Lisâs journey through a series of surreal scenarios to find the enchanted city of Tar. An âacid-westernâ packed with vivid imagery, El Topo stars Jodorowsky as a master-gunfighter who duels with four sharp-shooting adversaries on his journey across a desert dreamscape. In The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky plays The Alchemist, a guru who guides a troupe of pilgrims on a quest to ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jodorowskyâs new cinematic experience, Psychomagic, A Healing Art, explores the directorsâ radical therapeutic work.
Influential, controversial and endlessly fascinating, Jodorowskyâs surreal masterpieces are presented here in stunning new 4K restorations, accompanied with a wealth of illuminating extras, and new writing.
