The Holy Mountain (1973) ****1/2

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain (1973) is a surrealist, theatrical, and to some pretentious, sacrilegious, antagonist head trip. 

Without a single line of dialogue spoken until 30 minutes in, the film features meticulously designed, beautifully shot, seemingly random scenes—some mystical, some comical, some sexual, some disturbing.

Lizards bedecked in royalty, an elderly gentlemen bestowing a glass-eyed gift to an underage prostitute, electronic orgasms, rock & roll weapons—these are just a few of the images on display in Jodo’s existential, political, poetical, spiritual, personal masterwork. 

A truly singular work of art about everything and nothing at all made by an artist outside the system with no interference.

You can find my Alejandro Jodorowsky Feature Films Ranked list here.