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thestuman101694
George Harrison was intended to play the main character but he withdrew when read in the script he had to wash his anus in front of the camera.Siskoid
The massacre of the Aztecs done with horned toads and frogs. A mechanical vagina giving birth to a smaller version of itself. Rock and roll machine guns. Just some of the strange and often shocking images in Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain. Undoubtledy his masterpiece, don't expect a straightforward story. On the surface, it is a man's quest for enlightenment, and an indictment of our unenlightened society. But Jodorowsky uses film in a poetic, or in this case, allegorical way, not in a prosaic one. His usual tropes - near constant nudity, amputee actors, and taboo imagery - are all present, laced with symbolism from every mystical tradition. While I'm sure I'd have understood more if I'd been a Kabbalist or something, I'm rather happy with my interpretation, which didn't jar much at all from those nuggets Jodorowsky gives on his commentary track (in Spanish, with subtitles). Even just as a visual experience, it is a clever piece of work, with more things you've never seen before in the first 5 minutes than in any other film ever made.Litso
Weirdest movie I've ever seenecnered
The ultimate 'prank' of a film; and it's a great one for doing it.MDomino
What an insane movie.Love it!
stopyunn
meh, not my cup of teadevc
I don't even know what to think about this movie. Is it good? Is it bad? I can't even tell. It just occurs "wtf have I just seen?".TeaDrinker3000
5 minutes in, I knew I'd love it. 10 minutes in, I knew I would be watching it several more times in the future. By the end, I knew that I had watched one of the greatest films ever made. I want to make films like this.Xondar
What a weird movie.beasterne
Why did anyone bother making movies after this?Jumping Elephant
SPOILERS, FrankHowley, jeez. I think I would love the film a lot more... but it just makes me feel so uncomfortable, like some films by Anger.FrankHowley
I've never seen a film more profoundly break the fourth wall than when Alejandro Jodorowsky does it himself in the final shot. It's a completely inane experience until then, but that moment redeems it.Zaothus
Dude. DUDE.0_0
xrobin87x
don't know what to say...Gershwin
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