The Holy Mountain

ABKCO Films | Release Date: November 29, 1973

6.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Ratings

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TsveteMar 25, 2021

Alejandro Jodorowski manages to convey his philosophical understanding of the world. Through the symbolism and the extremely influential surrealistic shots, a complete work of art comes to life in front of the spectators. Knowledge in theAlejandro Jodorowski manages to convey his philosophical understanding of the world. Through the symbolism and the extremely influential surrealistic shots, a complete work of art comes to life in front of the spectators. Knowledge in the field of religion and esotericism is required due to the presence of many images related to tarot, the meaning of the planets, even playing out important past events. This is a film that keeps you in the dark until the very end, where there is a sharp change in the whole idea of the viewers and participants about the truth of reality, the path to wisdom and the difficulties and fears that follow it. The end is stunning to the mind and makes a comparison between reality and existence, body and soul, love and ego.… Expand

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Sigeki_OginoJan 26, 2023

According to an acquaintance, underground film critic Aboul Clanché, "Cinema is a shoddy product with reduced meaning, and therefore, aesthetically, masterpieces are born from shoddy products."
Reading Bernie Bartels' film essay in theAccording to an acquaintance, underground film critic Aboul Clanché, "Cinema is a shoddy product with reduced meaning, and therefore, aesthetically, masterpieces are born from shoddy products."
Reading Bernie Bartels' film essay in the Spanish entertainment magazine Bound, the words "In the art of cinema, when an image burns in the mind, it is either vomit or euphoria" come to mind.
And this film is somewhere between disgusting and pleasurable, reaching the height of bad taste at a time when one should either be incontinent or masturbating in a drive-through theater with something as beautiful and smelly as a rose.
Holy Mountain is both a fine film and a playful visual magic show in which twisted freaks rush to the laboratory of the "old man in the test tube" seen through the foggy darkness of the freak show.
And... By Tuck Ducky (blogger, deceased), "an artful abolitionist film realized on film."
If this film had been made in the silent film era, it might have surpassed Chaplin.… Expand

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