The Holy Mountain is by far the most visually amazing film I have ever seen. Every shot of the movie is composed to absolute perfection; Jodorowsky pays attention to every detail of each scene and utilizes imagery better than most directors. As a director, Jodorowsky lets his dreams and feelings guide every aspect of his films, and by putting an unaltered snapshot of his imagination on-screen, he is able to create some of the most beautiful images in cinema.

The most important part of The Holy Mountain is that the visuals aren't hollow, and serve a greater purpose than just being aesthetically pleasing. Jodorowsky uses the film medium to comment on the problems of modern consumerist society, and loads his…

I began watching this not entirely sure what to expect from it and whether you read up on it or not probably makes no difference as Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain is such an eccentric and unique piece of film-making that it's impossible to describe properly. It demands to be seen, consumed and digested with no hope of regurgitation since it defies conventions at every turn, shocks the average audience with strikingly violent or repugnant imagery and seemingly does so randomly. However, the true triumph of The Holy Mountain is that there actually is a point to what is happening on screen. The problem I've always had with non-sense type Dadaism is exactly that, it's simply non-sense, but despite its surreal,…

I'd like to personally thank David Valkenet for recommending this film to me. While I don't love it as much as you do, it was certainly an "interesting" experience.

This ranks up there with some of the strangest films I've ever seen. Without a real narrative story, it's a bunch of vignettes of some very surreal and symbolic imagery. It's certainly a feast on the eyes. It's a very ambitious film filled with beautiful images. Problem is, to me, it gets a little tedious after a while. Tedious that near the middle, it was clear it was going to be one strange vignette after another that I neither understood or cared for. It never truly engaged me. It began promising…

The December Project: Film #4

Back when I saw Santa Sangre, I thought it a ludicrously odd and thereby extremely powerful concoction of surrealist imagery and extremity, a marvellously effective work of weird horror. "This Jodorowsky chap is odd," I thought. Oh how young. Oh how naive. Santa Sangre is the definition of linear narration in comparison to The Holy Mountain, an unashamedly insane, unrelentingly experimental, and utterly mental procession of provocative naughtiness that slowly, but oh so very surely, takes you by the brain and guides you into the furthest recesses of Jodorowsky's twisted mind. Films scarcely come weirder, its hypnotic combination of symbolic imagery and sexual and violent content making almost every frame an exercise in sheer strangeness.…

I've noticed a number of users and the recent trend in shame lists, while I have not created one, it seems apropos that I watched Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain this week. I have been meaning to watch a Alejandro Jodorowsky film for years and for whatever reason I've continuously put it off.

Standing ovation for the set design and imagery - it truly is bewilderingly breathtaking and stunning in scope. The sheer audacity behind some of these scenes demand respect and applause. I truly wish there were more filmmakers like Jodorowsky and Herzog working today, but I guess the increase in regulations and laws has put an end to the creative free reign that was so prevalent during their time.…

I began watching this not entirely sure what to expect from it and whether you read up on it or not probably makes no difference as Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain is such an eccentric and unique piece of film-making that it's impossible to describe properly. It demands to be seen, consumed and digested with no hope of regurgitation since it defies conventions at every turn, shocks the average audience with strikingly violent or repugnant imagery and seemingly does so randomly. However, the true triumph of The Holy Mountain is that there actually is a point to what is happening on screen. The problem I've always had with non-sense type Dadaism is exactly that, it's simply non-sense, but despite its surreal,…