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At 87 years old, filmmaker and countercultural icon Alejandro Jodorowsky continues to make art at an intimidating pace. He spoke with Anthony Paletta at The Awl about, among other things, his upcoming film Endless Poetry and the three additional films he’s got in the pipeline: I make a series of pictures. There was The Dance of Reality and […]
...moreIn the long list of things we wished had happened, there’s a Dune directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. It would star Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger, and Orson Welles. Pink Floyd was going to do the music and H.R. Giger would handle designs. It was going to be the ultimate cult film and we were all going to […]
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The Eyes of the Cat Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius Humanoids $69.95, 56 pages Reviewed by Hayley Campbell This entire review is an elaboration on the following disclaimer: I am the single worst person to review The Eyes of the Cat. I am the over-emotional, door-slamming detective who is too close to the case and about […]
...moreMy family was recently out of town for a five days, leaving me home alone with over 800 pages (no exaggeration) of student work to read and comment upon. My reward for getting through a day of writing about free indirect style and character arcs was to watch a lot of movies, both in the […]
...moreIn the past couple years whenever anyone has asked for a movie recommendation, I steer them in the direction of Alejandro Jodorowsky.
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