The Surreal Filmmaker: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929) — also referred to as " the father of the midnight movie" — is a Chilean-French filmmaker and artist.
Since 1948, Jodorowsky has worked as novelist, screenwriter, poet, playwright, essayist, film and theater director and producer, actor, film editor, comics writer, musician and composer, philosopher, puppeteer, mime, lay psychologist, painter, sculptor, and spiritual guru.
Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation".
Based on the plot outline, which Alejandro Jodorowsky's avant-garde work would you watch or is already your favorite?
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Since 1948, Jodorowsky has worked as novelist, screenwriter, poet, playwright, essayist, film and theater director and producer, actor, film editor, comics writer, musician and composer, philosopher, puppeteer, mime, lay psychologist, painter, sculptor, and spiritual guru.
Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation".
Based on the plot outline, which Alejandro Jodorowsky's avant-garde work would you watch or is already your favorite?
Cast your Vote in the Live Poll
Join the Discussion Here in the IMDb Poll Community Forum
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- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyBrontis JodorowskyJosé LegarretaA mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyHoracio SalinasZamira SaundersIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAxel JodorowskyBlanca GuerraGuy StockwellA former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsBrontis JodorowskyPamela FloresJeremias HerskovitsIn a little Chilean town, the son of an uprooted couple formed by a rigorous communist father and a loving but weak mother tries to pave his own path in a society that does not understand their Jewish-Ukrainian origins.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarAlejandro JodorowskyDirector Alejandro Jodorowsky unveils his theory of trauma therapy.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsPeter O'TooleOmar SharifChristopher LeeA petty crook in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsTamara GarinaSergio KleinerDiana MariscalFando and his partially-paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAdan JodorowskyBrontis JodorowskyLeandro TaubSurrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsCyrielle ClairAnton DiffringSerge MerlinAn English girl and an Indian elephant born on the same day share a common destiny.
