Movies by Alejandro Jodorowsky
As part of the cast:
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Midnight Movies (2007)
Cast: David Lynch, George A. Romero, John Waters …
Film scholar Stuart Samuels plunges into the beating rebellion of 1970s cult cinema and emerges with six influential low-budget classics that changed the way movies are made and watched.…
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Born Without (2007)
Cast: Nicolas Echevarria, Jose Flores, Alejandro Jodorowsky …
Directed by: Eva Norvind
Three feet tall and armless, Mexican actor and musician José Flores emerges as a far from pitiable figure in this documentary that instead paints a fascinating portrait of a capable…
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Rush to War (2004)
Cast: Joe Wilson, Molly Ivins, Chris Hedges …
Directed by: Robert Taicher
Filmmaker Robert Taicher explores the events leading up to the Iraq War in this penetrating documentary. Taicher provides a thorough examination of mistakes made by several administrations;…
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Farewell, Babylon! / Borges, A Life in Poetry / Arrabal, Panik Cineast (1992)
Cast: Lélia Fischer, Spike Lee, Jorge Luis Borges …
Directed by: Fernando Arrabal
These three films tied to surrealist writer, director and playwright Fernando Arrabal round out a collection of the artist's rarely seen cinematic works, which, more often than not,…
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Holy Mountain (1973)
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horácio Salinas, Zamira Saunders …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chilean avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky weaves a grotesque tale rich in allegory and sacrilegious imagery as a thief (Horácio Salinas) is first crucified, then enlisted by…
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El Topo (1970)
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
In this surreal Western, avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky uses allegory and religious iconography to tell the story of a gunfighter, El Topo (Jodorowsky), who wanders the desert on…
As a director:
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Fando & Lis / Constellation Jodorowsky (1994)
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky intermingles surreal imagery and bizarre fantasy in this experimental drama. The scattershot plot follows Fando (Sergio Klainer) and his paraplegic…
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Santa Sangre (1989)
Cast: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
When his mother, Concha (Blanca Guerra), catches his father, Orgo (Guy Stockwell), philandering with a tatooted woman, she pours acid on him, after which he chops off her arms and kills…
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Holy Mountain (1973)
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horácio Salinas, Zamira Saunders …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chilean avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky weaves a grotesque tale rich in allegory and sacrilegious imagery as a thief (Horácio Salinas) is first crucified, then enlisted by…
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El Topo (1970)
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
In this surreal Western, avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky uses allegory and religious iconography to tell the story of a gunfighter, El Topo (Jodorowsky), who wanders the desert on…
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La Cravate (1957)
Cast: Marthe Mercure, Jean-Marie Proslier, Raymond Devos …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
In this silent comic short, a mimed film based on Thomas Mann's novella The Transposed Heads, a man shops for a new head hoping to improve his looks and attract women. He tries several…