Alejandro jodorowsky was born in iquique, chile on february 17, 1929. Determined to bypass traditional distribution after his experience with his first film fando and lis 1968, jodorowsky sought another route for his surreal western. When released the film by alexandro jodorowsky was equal parts loved as a classic and hated as blasphemous. Nellarticolo i link per il download della pellicola, per vederla in. Alejandro jodorowsky may be a more interesting man than director. Presented here as part of a dedicated series of jodorowskys abkco film scores alongside the previously unreleased the holy mountain and the dance of reality, finders keepers bring you the score to the ultimate midnight movie and spiritual pseudo western an album that marks the exact pinprick where alejandro jodorowskys legacy first bled into the wider public consciousness. Alejandro jodorowsky wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of christian symbolism and eastern philosophy, the film is about the eponymous character a violent, blackclad gunfighter and his quest for enlightenment.
The alchemist alejandro jodorowsky assembles together a group of people from all walks of life. A book of the film by alejandro jodorowsky goodreads. In 1942 he moved to santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. The film was the most talked about, most controversial quasiwestern head trip ever made, transforming the way risktaking audiences, seeking mainstream hollywood alternatives, watched edgy.
Jodorowsky is still alive and the movie recently was released on dvd. Determined to bypass traditional distribution after his experience with his first film fando and lis 1968, jodorowsky sought another route for. Entre 1990 e 20 o diretor chileno sumiu dos holofotes e passou 23 anos sem lancar nenhum filme. Il cinema di alejandro jodorowsky, bolonia, granata press. Distribuito da minerva video, il dvd e in lingue e audio spagnolo, dolby digital 5. A mysterious blackclad gunfighter wanders a mystical western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Presented here as part of a dedicated series of jodorowsky s abkco film scores alongside the previously unreleased the holy mountain and the dance of reality, finders keepers bring you the score to the ultimate midnight movie and spiritual pseudo western an album that marks the exact pinprick where alejandro jodorowsky s legacy first bled into the wider public consciousness. A lone rider confronted by gunmen is nothing new in the western. In 1955 he went to paris and studied mime with marcel marceau. Signo e imagen cineastas, ediciones catedra, madrid. Since 1948, jodorowsky has worked as a novelist, screenwriter, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a film and theater director and producer, an actor, a film editor, a comics writer, a musician and composer, a philosopher, a puppeteer, a mime, a psychologist and. With alejandro jodorowsky, brontis jodorowsky, jose legarreta, alfonso arau. His intention is to put the recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip where they. The fact that jodorowsky composed the score entirely by himself after, no doubt, studying the work of morricone is almost as impressive an artistic achievement as the film itself. Alejandro jodorowskys legendary, notorious cult hit essentially created the genre of the midnight movie a spectacle so stunning and. Director alejandro jodorowskys bizarre, bloodsoaked blend of spaghetti western, druggy surrealism, christian allegory, zen buddhist themes and avantgarde sensibilities gave rise to the. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.