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User Reviews for: The Holy Mountain

Sigeki Ogino
/10  2 years ago
This video work is visualized, "psychotherapy". It is truly in the realm of the divine. The numerous famous scenes, eccentric, unusually colorful, erotic, gross-out, and fully materialized by the alchemy of Mr. Alexandre Jodorowsky, can sufficiently heal patients with "mental disorders" as "psychotherapy" even if there is no dialogue in them. And the film is an ensemble of images of the perverts of the earth, including sexuality, grotesqueness, sanctity, love (or abuse) of the disabled, and contempt for animals, all in one film.
This is not only Alejandro Jodorowsky's masterpiece, but (at least for me) I was healed by this film. It is this visual work, more than drugs or masturbation, that is the source of salvation for me. So this film is a Copernican turn in psychiatry beyond art. Thank you for saving me. And if you watch it without subtitles, you will have a much more enjoyable experience.
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willowsfields
9/10  2 years ago
Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain is simply one of those movies that you have to see to believe. Breaking down all traditionally accepted narrative structures and ways of filmmaking while also managing to keep a consistent level of humor throughout, The Holy Mountain manages to accomplish everything it sets out to achieve, and during its highest moments this film leaves the viewer in complete awe, in a good or bad way depending on who the viewer is. The sets here are strange and psychedelic, the costumes all fantastic specifically for that of the "Alchemist" character played by Jodorowsky himself, and the music here shows a lot of variety and never fails to impress me with just how many genres it manages to pull from and still manages to pull off. Not everything in this film is shown in an incredibly obvious way, however it isn't so far out there that trying to pick apart certain concepts and ideas on first viewing is nearly impossible, this isn't a Kaufman movie is essentially what I'm getting at here. So yeah, overall I adore The Holy Mountain, it's one of my favorite films ever made. This is a movie that is very strange and as a result will certainly not appeal to everyone, however if you can go in with an open mind and you have $5 to spare, I'd suggest sitting down and simply experiencing the special, weird, eccentric masterpiece that is The Holy Mountain.
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