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Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Forcinephiles into surreal, avant‑garde, and cult films; readers curious about symbolic, transgressive cinema.
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The Profile

Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929) is a Chilean-French filmmaker, writer, and artist known for surreal, transgressive films including El Topo and The Holy Mountain.

Pioneer of the midnight movie phenomenon with El Topo; multifaceted artist (film director, writer, comic-book author) renowned for dense symbolism and spiritual-alchemical themes.

The reviews celebrate Jodorowsky’s cinema as visionary, surreal, and gleefully subversive. El Topo and The Holy Mountain draw praise for dense symbolism, spiritual quests, and grotesque satire. Santa Sangre is evoked as a poetic, traumatic circus-dream. Overall: cult masterpieces that challenge, provoke, and mesmerize.

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