In einer korrupten, von Gier getriebenen Welt führt ein mächtiger Alchemist einen an Christus erinnernden Mann und sieben materialistische Begleiter zum Heiligen Berg, wo sie hoffen, Erleuch... Alles lesenIn einer korrupten, von Gier getriebenen Welt führt ein mächtiger Alchemist einen an Christus erinnernden Mann und sieben materialistische Begleiter zum Heiligen Berg, wo sie hoffen, Erleuchtung zu erlangen.In einer korrupten, von Gier getriebenen Welt führt ein mächtiger Alchemist einen an Christus erinnernden Mann und sieben materialistische Begleiter zum Heiligen Berg, wo sie hoffen, Erleuchtung zu erlangen.
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- Drehbuch
- Hauptbesetzung
- Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt
- The Alchemist
- (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
- The Written Woman
- (as Ramona Saunders)
- Axon
- (as Richard Rutowsky)
- Bald Woman 1
- (as Leticia Robles)
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Despite what you may have heard, "The Holy Mountain" is more absurd than surreal, more funny than disturbing. Don't worry if your tarot cards are gathering dust and you can't remember the difference between wands and swords--such occult knowledge might help you achieve a few "Oh I get that!" moments during the middle of the film, but the heaps of blatant symbolism aren't really the point. In fact, it may just be that the point is: there is no point. When you see a fat man dressed as the Virgin Mary handing out crucifixes under a sign that says "Christs For Sale", you can rack your brain trying to figure out what kind of statement that makes about society--or you can laugh. When you witness "The Government" indoctrinating children with a hatred for the nation of Peru by printing up comic books called "Captain Captain Against The Peruvian Monster", you can lament the plight of innocents being manipulated for selfish ends--or you can laugh! This film bombards the viewer with outlandish images and juxtapositions like these in rapid fire throughout, so it's easy to get bogged down or confused or numb. The secret to appreciating it all is to come prepared to chuckle--some things you'll "get", some things you won't, but most everything is twisted and absurd and, in some way, funny. Now when you get to the end and Jodorowsky winks at you, you can wink right back.
Basically, if you can appreciate absurdity and profundity and the absurdity of profundity (not to mention enormous, colorful sets), you'll find a lot to like here.
PS: If you do like "The Holy Mountain", head down to your local comics shop (or browse over to your favorite book/graphic novel e-tailer) and pick up a couple of volumes of "The Incal" or "The Metabarons", both of which were also written by Jodorowsky. They're like this movie--every bit as garish and violent and thought-provoking and funny--but they have actual plots (epic space-opera plots, no less).
And then people say A Clockwork Orange is weird lmao
(not saying it's bad, not saying it's good, just don't what it was to even rate it)
Anyway....why I mentioned El Topo was because it raised the bar for what I could expect from The Holy Mountain, which promised to be even more of a mind-bending surrealist work than El Topo. For this is how, on the basis of a single viewing, I was prepared to judge The Holy Mountain - on just how bizarre it would get.
This may sound a little shallow, but The Holy Mountain is one of those films that requires several viewings to properly comprehend pretty much everything that goes on. On one viewing, all you can do is try and keep your eyes on screen and try to take in as much of the film as possible. Even if you don't fully understand what's going on, take in the experience. That's what I did when I watched The Holy Mountain.
The Holy Mountain begins by following a man who's best described as Christlike as he engages in his own journey from dying in the desert to a tall tower, where he meets a mysterious figure known as the Alchemist. The Alchemist recruits the man for his own plan, which involves bringing together several "thieves" from around the world so that they can embark on a quest for immortality atop the eponymous mountain.
All this is a loose framework for Jodorowsky's trademark elaborate set-pieces - they're big and they're utterly loony. I don't think I'll bother spoiling any of them, but take any scene from the movie and it'll likely have a large, weird-looking set and at least one or two freaky-looking people drawing your attention. One thing that kept preying on my mind the whole time was just how unbelievable the whole idea of The Holy Mountain was. Like El Topo, it was an epic without a wider appeal, and that jarred me for some reason. It just keeps getting stranger and stranger until the end, which I will have to say was utterly unpredictable.
The Holy Mountain is truly one-of-a-kind. It'd be pretty easy to say this film isn't for everyone, but it isn't. If you're into movies that don't make sense on the first time (or even the 10th time), I'd recommend this. Or if you're just looking for one intense filmic experience, it doesn't get much more intense than the imagery of The Holy Mountain.
I'll end this review now - I've run out of synonyms for crazy.
8/10 - this is after one viewing, it'll probably go up after about 7.
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- WissenswertesBefore filming began, director Alejandro Jodorowsky spent a week without sleep under a Zen Master's direction and lived communally with the film's cast for a month.
- PatzerThe thief is tied to the Cross with the children stoning him. The "stones" bounce like rubber.
- Zitate
The Alchemist: [final lines] We began in a fairytale and we came to life, but is this life reality? No. It is a film. Zoom back camera.
[camera zooms out, revealing equipment and crew]
The Alchemist: We are images, dreams, photographs. We must not stay here. Prisoners! We shall break the illusion. This is Maya! Goodbye to the Holy Mountain. Real life awaits us.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Come and Judge (1975)
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- La montaña sagrada
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- Budget
- 750.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 61.001 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 4.143 $
- 21. Jan. 2007
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 117.341 $