The Holy Mountain

4.00
    The Holy Mountain
    1973

    Synopsis

    The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

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    Cast

    • Alejandro JodorowskyThe Alchemist
    • Horacio SalinasThe Thief
    • Zamira SaundersThe Written Woman
    • Juan FerraraFon
    • Adriana PageIsla
    • Burt KleinerKlen
    • Valerie JodorowskySel
    • Nicky NicholsBerg
    • Richard RutowskiAxon
    • Luis LomelíLut

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      So extreme in its sacrilege that it achieves a kind of sacredness, The Holy Mountain is a transcendental feast of the grotesque and the sublime.
    • 91

      The A.V. Club

      Witty, disgusting, eye-popping, and incomprehensible, The Holy Mountain is every bit as pop-philosophical as Jodorowsky's earlier work, but it also contains original visual ideas nearly every 30 seconds, from frogs in armor to crucifixes made out of painted bread.
    • 90

      Wall Street Journal

      A landmark of visionary filmmaking pitched somewhere between magic ritual and surreal burlesque.
    • 80

      The Guardian

      A plumply overripe fruit of the counterculture, dripping with the juices of spiritual rebellion, semi-comic posturing, consciousness-raising and all-around freakiness.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      More than three decades later, Jodorowsky’s vision of chaos has acquired a powerful aura of prophecy.
    • 75

      Chicago Reader

      On the whole, enjoyable nonsense.
    • 75

      Slant Magazine

      The Holy Mountain is nothing if not exuberant while cartwheeling its way through the cosmos and back through the non sequitur-strewn plains and deserts, towns and cities, ridges and ranges of Mexico.
    • 70

      Time Out

      With Jodorowsky's meaning somewhat opaque, it's slightly tedious going, but you certainly get plenty to look at.

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