When it comes to CULT movies, "Holy Mountain" cannot be avoided! This gorgeous experimental film still looks ahead of its time today!
I re-watched the film almost without taking my eyes off it, but this time I read the director's subtitles. This is the most eager, specific, and expressive director's comment I've ever seen. Friends who don't understand the movie , after reading the director's review, you will fully understand the director's shooting intentions. So I don't need to say more, everything is ready-made.
This movie is richer than "Sweet Movie". It tends to esotericism, religion, philosophy, semiotics and other advanced knowledge, so you must let the director be your tour guide to understand this maze. The director stated that he did not make films for the sake of fame or profit, but only to educate the audience, inspire all beings, and let people have an epiphany after they walked out of the cinema. In his eyes, the whole world is sick, and the whole world needs to be healed. The movies people see in the cinema are full of sickness, James Bond is a sick man, Superman is a sick man, Superman is powerful, but he can't make out with his girlfriend, because his energy will hurt each other, so he is a Asexual... Director Alejandro Jodorowsky (who says his name has been simplified) maintains a state of anger into old age.
The film is roughly divided into three sections: primitive society, mysticism, and reality. The best part is the mysticism. This film once aroused great interest from the Beatles, and John Lennon particularly liked "The Mole" and introduced it to the United States, which became one of the most popular films in the midnight show. George Harris once wanted to play the leading role in "Holy Mountain", and everything was negotiated, except for the last hurdle: George Harris wanted to remove the part of the script where he was washed by the priest, but the director refused to give in and cooperated It fell through. The director lost several million dollars and many future cooperation opportunities, but he said he had no regrets.
During the filming, the director received spiritual guidance from a Mexican witch doctor, and his inspiration after eating poisonous mushrooms led him to complete the "Mysticism" part. Now it seems that "Holy Mountain" belongs to a hippie movie. Not only did the director eat poisonous mushrooms, but some of the actors in the film also took poison and then filmed. It was almost a fake show, and the director's neck has been left with terrible scars.
The actors in the film are almost all non-professional heterosexuals, including transvestites, transgenders, lesbians, gays, dwarfs, etc. The director still remembers each of them. The mystical tattoos designed by the director in the film are now all over the world; the hairstyle designed by the director is bald on both sides and the middle of the back is still popular today. It is hard to believe that this 1973 movie still looks so avant-garde and fashionable now. For more than 40 years, no one has come close to him.
This film has brought countless inspirations to later generations of artists. The "Ren Tuo" I saw at the Pioneer Art Exhibition is reflected in this film. And those weird and imaginative installations where robots give birth to babies! "Holy Mountain" is really an inexhaustible treasure.
At the age of 25, the director began to learn tarot cards, study graphics, and study alchemy. In the film, he turned Baba into gold, which must be unforgettable by everyone who watched the film. If you haven't seen "The Holy Mountain", don't say you like cult movies, because the movie itself interprets the whole essence of cult, in short, it represents the cult itself.
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