Wow, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN sure is something! Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 follow-up to El Topo is a wild psychedelic trip, a critique of the militarization of 20th century life, and even a satire of the counterculture that spawned it. At least, we think. Today, Bill and Renan try to explain to each other what they think happened in the movie, what it's supposed to be about, recount how the film was made, how it disappeared from public view, how it's influenced other artists in the years since—and discuss the perfectly understandable reason why George Harrison turned down the lead role.
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The Holy Mountain on IMDb The Holy Mountain on Wikipedia 366 Weird Movies on The Holy Mountain Slant Magazine review of The Holy Mountain Scott Tobias on The Holy Mountain in AV Club Matt Zoller Seitz on The Holy Mountain in NYT Screening Notes on The Holy Mountain Electric Sheep on The Holy Mountain ABKO official site for The Holy Mountain City Paper on The Holy Mountain's mythical status The Guardian on The Holy Mountain's influence Complex on Jodorowsky and Kanye West Dazed interview with Jodorowsky Alessandra Santos' The Holy Mountain (Columbia University Press)Show links:
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