Order by:

Add your comment

Do you want to let us know what you think? Just login, after which you will be redirected back here and you can leave your comments.

Comments 1 - 15 of 23

thestuman101694's avatar

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.
12 years 5 months ago
Siskoid's avatar

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.
8 years 7 months ago
Litso's avatar

Litso

Weirdest movie I've ever seen
13 years ago
ecnered's avatar

ecnered

The ultimate 'prank' of a film; and it's a great one for doing it.
12 years 6 months ago
MDomino's avatar

MDomino

What an insane movie.

Love it!
14 years 2 months ago
stopyunn's avatar

stopyunn

meh, not my cup of tea
5 years 3 months ago
devc's avatar

devc

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?".
8 years 11 months ago
TeaDrinker3000's avatar

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.
7 years 1 month ago
Xondar's avatar

Xondar

What a weird movie.
1 year 4 months ago
beasterne's avatar

beasterne

Why did anyone bother making movies after this?
3 years 4 months ago
Jumping Elephant's avatar

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.
12 years 4 months ago
FrankHowley's avatar

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.
12 years 5 months ago
Zaothus's avatar

Zaothus

Dude. DUDE.

0_0
8 years 7 months ago
xrobin87x's avatar

xrobin87x

don't know what to say...
12 years 4 months ago
Gershwin's avatar

Gershwin

Well said.
12 years 10 months ago

Showing items 1 – 15 of 23

View comments