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Alejandro Jodorowsky

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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.

Born

Tocopilla, Chile on 17th February 1929

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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Le Cercle Image
Le Cercle
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De pé a pá
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Una belleza nueva Image
Una belleza nueva
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The Holy Mountain Image
The Holy Mountain
The Alchemist
Jodorowsky's Dune Image
Jodorowsky's Dune
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Endless Poetry Image
Endless Poetry
Old Alejandro
El Topo Image
El Topo
El Topo
The Jodorowsky Constellation Image
The Jodorowsky Constellation
Self
The Dance of Reality Image
The Dance of Reality
Old Alejandro
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Léemelo
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Fando and Lis
Puppeteer (uncredited)
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Image
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Image
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
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Psychomagic: A Healing Art Image
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
Himself
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures Image
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
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Fake News
Mysterious man
The Island Image
The Island
Jodo
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story Image
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
Fernando
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
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Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre Image
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
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The Dark Fantastic
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The Severed Heads
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Tripping The Dark Fantastic
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NWR
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He! Viva Dada
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In Search of Moebius Image
In Search of Moebius
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Atar
No Big Deal Image
No Big Deal
Pablo
Niente è come sembra Image
Niente è come sembra
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky Image
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Psicotaxi
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Melodrama Sacramental Image
Melodrama Sacramental
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Helicopter
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Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths Image
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
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What the Forest conceals
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Anticlimax
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Arrabal, Panik Cineast
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Cherif
Prophet
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La colorina
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Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
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The Eternal Voice
Old Alejandro
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Musikanten
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
Alejandro
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Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot
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Born Without
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Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic Image
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
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Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
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Violeta más viva que nunca
Himself (archive footage)
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The Family Forest
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Blink Jodorowsky
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