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The Holy Mountain (1973)

7.5 | Nov 29, 1973 (MX) | Drama | 01:53
Budget: 750 000 | Revenue: 96 262

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

Featured Crew

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Costume Design, Original Music Composer, Production Design, Painter, Sculptor, Set Designer
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Executive Producer, Presenter
Director of Photography
Sound Effects
Producer
Executive Producer
Sculptor, Painter
Costume Design
Camera Operator

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Sigeki Ogino
10 | Oct 02, 2022
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.