The Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain

  • Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Countries of origin: Mexico
  • Language: Spanish, English
  • Release date: July 11, 1975
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: The Sacred Mountain
  • "The Holy Mountain" is an adventure film directed by Jodo , starring Jodo and Horacio Salinas.
    The film tells the story of the warlock using astrology to confirm several disciples, and the warlock gathered these figures who control the country together, abandoning everything, and then set off on the legendary The Holy Mountain to find the secret of immortality.

    Details

    • Release date July 11, 1975
    • Filming locations Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
    • Production companies ABKCO Films, Producciones Zohar

    Box office

    Budget

    $750,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $61,001

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,143

    Gross worldwide

    $104,160

    Movie reviews

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    • By Norberto 2022-04-19 09:02:33

      I don't understand the final chapter "Holy Mountain"

      I know that in two days, I will definitely not have the passion and patience to finish reading Alessandro's literary trilogy, so today I forced myself to watch "Holy Mountain" as if I was pinching my nose and pouring medicine. As expected, if you don't have a wealth of astrology knowledge, you don't have a wide-ranging and strong interest in religion, and you have some slander about the attitude of narcissism, (that is to say, like me), it is recommended not to touch it again. this film. It's...

    • By Royce 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      "Real Life Awaits Us"

      It covers and deciphers all the mysticism and religion in the world... From Jesus as a thief to becoming a disciple, from the ascetic penance of abandoning everything in the world to the journey to the holy mountain, from letting Jesus follow the woman who loves him back to the world and his own people, To point out that the holy mountain is unreal, and the journey itself is just a movie.

      From the world, to mysticism, and finally back to reality. The film is truly self-referential: the...

    • By Gregorio 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      Live well after the pilgrimage

      I like this style very much. Because he didn't complicate the story and let us get caught up in the specifics.

      The whole film is a very absurd interpretation of social conditions and his own inner changes.

      The man at the beginning had flies all over his face, wet urine, and a naturally blooming flower in his hand.

      I think this is a metaphor for the state of a person before birth. Sleeping and not waking up, naturally stimulated by the outside world.

      Then, the little...

    • By River 2022-03-25 09:01:14

      A good look and feel is important, but sometimes, you need a boost.

      "Holy Mountain", how to say, curious, weird, uncomfortable, obscure but with philosophy behind it, a movie that I don't regret but would not recommend. The main line of the film is the bizarre sightings experienced by a group of people on the way to find the holy mountain. The director magnifies and ugliness various illusions of human society and presents them on the screen through his own whimsy. Religion, war, sex, business, art, money... When you worship everything that is psychedelic,...

    • By Shawna 2022-03-25 09:01:14

      'Holy Blood': As a man, I raise my hand

      Original address: http://www.qh505.com/blog/post/4750.html

      For you, lift up my hands, even though my soul yearns for you so much. Show me how to move forward, for you, take back my desires. —Psalm 143

      Lifting up and withdrawing is to say goodbye to pain, to obey the heart, and in the world promised by God, "He will be raised from the dead." It was Emma who raised her hands at first,...

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    • By Oda 2023-06-14 11:15:43

      As an art student, I have probably paid homage to this film indefinitely. I don't want to talk about this film with empty words like doubt and rebellion against religion and Jesus, artistic expression with violence/sex/blood, the usual pantomime mode of Jordu who calls himself an atheist mystic, and satire of war. . The first movie that wanted me to write a long review and understand every frame. Busty surreal.. Kneeling to...

    • By Vito 2023-01-21 14:56:06

      A few days ago, I saw the storyboard of the director's version of "Dune" on duneinfo, and was surprised by the original design at the beginning. Therefore, I became interested in watching "Holy Mountain", and hoped to see more alternative ideas from the director. Sure enough, this film did not I am disappointed, the script is relatively complete and not very obscure, but the curious and bold content accounts for a large...

    • By Delphine 2022-11-15 15:33:26

      20121226 @ home : There is no limit to cult films. Too many symbols and too many metaphors to understand~_~

    • By Janiya 2022-09-15 23:57:48

      I took a peek at it, and it felt very awesome, but at the same time I felt that I couldn't understand it 100%, so I gave...

    • By Laurie 2022-09-10 00:59:52

      Avant-garde. The first time I didn't understand it, it's time to see...

    Movie plot

    A thief who looks like Jesus (Horácio Salinas) wakes up from a stone hit by the children and enters the city with a handless dwarf. There is a crazy celebration in the city. Some people were killed, birds flew out of their wounds, and a large number of toads dressed in costumes of Indians and European colonists were blown to pieces in the melee. The thief took the cross from a few people dressed as Roman soldiers, and they made...
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    Movie quotes

    • The Alchemist: [final lines] We began in a fairytale and we came to life, but is this life reality? No. It is a film. Zoom back camera.

      [camera zooms out, revealing equipment and crew]

      The Alchemist: We are images, dreams, photographs. We must not stay here. Prisoners! We shall break the illusion. This is Maya! Goodbye to the Holy Mountain. Real life awaits us.

    • Axon: Your sacrifice completes my sanctuary of one thousand testicles.

    • The Alchemist: [arrays the Thief with symbolic items] To know, to dare, to want, to keep silent...