Alejandro Jodorowsky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, composer and writer with a large cult following. 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." His most notable works include El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), all of which have had limited release but achieved popularity amongst various countercultural groups. He has cited the filmmaker Federico Fellini as his primary cinematic influence, and has been described as an influence on such figures as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch. After a failed attempt to return to filmmaking with a film entitled King Shot starring Marilyn Manson and produced by David Lynch, Alejandro is set to return to cinema with the sequel to El Topo entitled Abel Cain sometime in late 2011 or 2012. Jodorowsky is also a playwright and play director, having produced over one hundred plays, primarily in Mexico where he lived for much of his life. Alongside this he is also a writer, particularly of comic books - his The Incal even has been noted as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written - as well as books on his own theories about spirituality. Jodorowsky has been involved in the occult and various spiritual and religious groups, including Zen Buddhism and forms of Mexican shamanism, and has formulated his own spiritual system, which he has called "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro Jodorowsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024 · Helicopter as Himself
- 2022 · Tripping The Dark Fantastic as Himself
- 2022 · Léemelo as Self
- 2021 · Fake News as Mysterious man
- 2021 · A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus as Self
- 2019 · Psychomagic: A Healing Art as Himself
- 2017 · Violeta más viva que nunca as Himself (archive footage)
- 2016 · Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls as Himself
- 2016 · Endless Poetry as Old Alejandro
- 2014 · Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic as Himself
- 2014 · My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn as Self
- 2013 · Jodorowsky's Dune as Self
- 2013 · The Dance of Reality as Old Alejandro
- 2013 · Ritual - A Psychomagic Story as Fernando
- 2012 · NWR as Self
- 2011 · The Island as Jodo
- 2011 · Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre as Himself
- 2008 · La colorina as Self
- 2008 · Born Without as
- 2007 · Niente è come sembra as
- 2007 · In Search of Moebius as Himself
- 2007 · Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures as Self
- 2007 · A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky as
- 2007 · Arrabal, Panik Cineast as Self
- 2006 · Una belleza nueva as Self
- 2006 · Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream as Himself
- 2006 · Musikanten as Ludwig van Beethoven
- 2003 · No Big Deal as Pablo
- 2003 · Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002 as
- 2002 · Psicotaxi as Himself
- 2002 · Cherif as Prophet
- 2002 · Blink Jodorowsky as Himself
- 1997 · Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales as Alejandro
- 1997 · Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths as Self
- 1996 · De pé a pá as Self
- 1994 · The Jodorowsky Constellation as Self
- 1973 · The Holy Mountain as The Alchemist
- 1970 · El Topo as El Topo
- 1970 · Fando and Lis as Puppeteer (uncredited)
- 1969 · Anticlimax as
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1965 · He! Viva Dada as Self
- 1965 · Melodrama Sacramental as Himself
- 1957 · The Severed Heads as
- Future · The Family Forest as Himself
- Future · Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot as himself
- Future · La Voz Eterna as Old Alejandro