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Alejandro Jodorowsky

1929-02-07

The Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, composer and writer with a large cult following. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation." His most notable works include El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), all of which have had limited release but achieved popularity amongst various countercultural groups. He has cited the filmmaker Federico Fellini as his primary cinematic influence, and has been described as an influence on such figures as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch. After a failed attempt to return to filmmaking with a film entitled King Shot starring Marilyn Manson and produced by David Lynch, Alejandro is set to return to cinema with the sequel to El Topo entitled Abel Cain sometime in late 2011 or 2012. Jodorowsky is also a playwright and play director, having produced over one hundred plays, primarily in Mexico where he lived for much of his life. Alongside this he is also a writer, particularly of comic books - his The Incal even has been noted as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written - as well as books on his own theories about spirituality. Jodorowsky has been involved in the occult and various spiritual and religious groups, including Zen Buddhism and forms of Mexican shamanism, and has formulated his own spiritual system, which he has called "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro Jodorowsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Holy Mountain

7.6 average rating
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El Topo

7.1 average rating
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Jodorowsky's Dune

7.84 average rating
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Endless Poetry

7.5 average rating
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Fando and Lis

6.848 average rating
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The Dance of Reality

7.2 average rating
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

6.3 average rating
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Fake News

3.979 average rating
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Psychomagic: A Healing Art

6 average rating
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The Severed Heads

6.096 average rating
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Ritual - A Psychomagic Story

4.9 average rating
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No Big Deal

4.6 average rating
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My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

6.4 average rating
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The Jodorowsky Constellation

6.2 average rating
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The Island

5 average rating
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Melodrama Sacramental

5.9 average rating
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Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures

6.556 average rating
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La Voz Eterna

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Anticlimax

5.3 average rating
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The Family Forest

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