Not for Everyone.

The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky,1973)


This film is not for everyone. You have to have an open mind for this kind of film. There is no plot unless you really think about it. To some people it will be a series of beautiful disturbing images and to others it will...well, be a series of beautiful disturbing images but with a meaning. I like films like these, i don't love them but i find them extremely interesting. As for this film, Alejandro Jodorowsky's "The holy Mountain", i couldn't have prepared myself for what i would be watching. There is no way that you even guess what's coming next.

I really want to try to stay off the topic of what kind of scenes are actually in this film because this is a film that should be talked about. You can't really write anything for this. Either you find it interesting and profound or you found it a waste of time.


Throughout the whole film i seemed to be going back and fourth between rather i believed this was art or just a director hopped up on LSD, which he was by the way.T he film also seems to contradict itself and if you break it down, everything is clear in the last scene. The thing that really took me back and i mean this in a good way is that Alejandro comes out and tells the audience what the meaning of the scenes happen to be. A voice over begins to guide you through the middle portion of the film and is then lost and never to be heard from again.

I recommend this to any film buff. A kind of a bravery test just to see what you think about it. I would love to hear feedback on what anyone thinks. It's a very interesting film and beautifully shot. As for myself, i had my problems with it at the beginning but after the first portion we are treated to some very classic scenes. Watch out for the infamous "Glass eye Scene" which is probably the one and only beautifully disturbing scene in cinema.

Grade B+