Holy Mountain

[redSHARP]

So me and my friends just finished a rather interesting film called The Holy Mountain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_%281973_film%29

I liked it...but words can not really explain this movie. I highly suggest any one on this forum to watch it, whether its the spiritual message, the disturbing images, or the anti-capitalist imagery, most should enjoy it.

I would like to read anyone's opinion on this film.

[praxis1966]

Been meaning to watch that one and El Topo for a while now... A pretty decent review (http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=5209) on the two of them by Ty Burr over at the Boston Globe tipped me off to them a while back but if you have any experience with Netflix queues you know how that sort of thing can go.

[graymouser]

My opinion of Jodorowsky has changed relatively little over the last decade: he is an egomaniac, his films are uncomfortably misogynistic, he goes over the edge into exploitation territory, and his surrealism glories in excess of imagery. But that imagery is brilliant, and he's one of the best surrealist filmmakers post-Buñuel.

It was a long time before I saw La Montaña Sagrada (I had to basically wait for the DVD set since about 2000), and it didn't quite live up to the hype. On the whole I think Santa Sangre is the most coherent of his films, although the visual palette is less rich. But El Topo, Montaña Sagrada, and to a lesser extent Fando y Lis are must-see for anyone interested in surrealism, even if they are as much about what not to do as what to do.

[redSHARP]

I liked the imagery, especially the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish. The old SA marching tune in the background really set the tone for the event and how certain people glorify the genocide against the Aztecs in the name of god. whether this was the objective of the director or not, i really liked the anti-christian tones this movie showed in the opening act.