My understanding is purely subjective

Santino 2022-03-22 09:02:21

I have no concept of Western religions, the following are all compiled by me. Full spoiler.

In the beginning, there was a man and two women who were similar to religious rituals. They were not religious, but higher-level ones. The body and mind gave up everything. The man was a leader similar to a prophet or something. This is the preview and tone of the entire movie.

Afterwards, the man lying down appeared. In fact, he was a newborn baby. He was born from a filthy place, but he was the most pure. The flower that bloomed in his palm was the proof, but when he grew up, the flower was broken, and then that The deformed dwarf, which is also said to be his evil thoughts later, this dwarf is the ugly reality of the ugly society. At first, he only imitated the dwarves, and gradually became inseparable with the dwarves, and finally became one.

He began to explore the world, understood the power of money, learned about religion, and was bewitched by women. The woman with the monkey should be his wife and children from the back of the plot. Gradually, he lost sight of his goal, and abandoned everything for the sake of his immediate interests, that is, he climbed up the tower where the gold appeared on the iron hook.

In this ultimate place, where the prophet was at the beginning, he realized that money was like dung, and decided to seek spiritual peace. The 8 people from various planets in the middle are just to show that people of different classes and different classes, no matter what they once owned, may finally want to be redeemed. So they began to look for the holy mountain. After going through all kinds of hardships and resisting all kinds of temptations, they felt that their souls had been sublimated, but in fact everything was fake. There was no holy mountain at all. In the end, they had to return to life itself. Life is the holy mountain.

Before reaching the end, the man with the most scenes was taken away by the woman and the monkey. It is happiness to be loved and needed, other external things are illusory, only emotions are the most important.

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  • Marian 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    The evil scriptures are not nonsensical and bloody, digging apples in the stomach, cutting jj to donate treasures, nipples turning into tiger heads and ejaculating milk...... All to tell us that there is no eternal life, only real life...... .

  • Eloy 2022-03-24 09:02:51

    Jodorowsky's masterpiece, one of the greatest cult films. From the plot to the composition of the picture, it projects a bizarre and absurd panic, which is extremely satirical and banter, but it is full of the temptation of ghosts and evil spirits. Every frame of the picture is a perfect picture of geometric composition; there is very little dialogue, and every story makes people feel that there is an infinite connotation to dig into, but the work is already like this, for me, it can only be appreciated and worshipped. Unable to interpret.

The Holy Mountain quotes

  • Lut, He whose planet is Pluto: [vomits] His feet stink.

    The Alchemist: He has beautiful feet.

    Lut, He whose planet is Pluto: I can't stand the smell!

    The Alchemist: [attacks Lut, breaking his legs] When he puts your bones back together, you will like his smell!

  • 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.