Last year, I went through a professional divorce. I find it hard to watch all of this film in one sitting, as the bursts of images unlock such deep emotions within me that I can only fully explain months after the watch is over. The end - which is not an end but a beginning - is what Jodorowsky felt was the proper way to finish the story. The story comes from Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross and Mount Analogue by Rene Daumal, an unfinished book that is nearly all allegory. This is an absolute movie, one that can only be explained by those that have experienced it, meditated on it and have been changed by it. Words will fail to explain what this means. I have no idea how to properly convey how important this movie is to me.ĭirected, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited, set designed, costumed and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, this is a film that reduces me to tears at times if I even think about it. Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 10 / 10 Magical These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery.
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