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The Holy Mountain (1973, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky) “I believe that the only end of all human activity - whether it be politics, art, science, etc. - is to find enlightment, to reach the state of enlightenment. I ask of film what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs. The difference being that when one creates a psychedelic film, he need not create a film that shows the visions of a person who has taken a pill; rather, he needs to manufacture the pill.” -Jodorowsky, quoted in El Topo: a book of the film 

The Holy Mountain (1973, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky)

“I believe that the only end of all human activity - whether it be politics, art, science, etc. - is to find enlightment, to reach the state of enlightenment. I ask of film what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs. The difference being that when one creates a psychedelic film, he need not create a film that shows the visions of a person who has taken a pill; rather, he needs to manufacture the pill.”

-Jodorowsky, quoted in El Topo: a book of the film 

(Source: oldhollywood)


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    Repost for Alejandro Jodorowsky and for El Topo being one of my favorite WTF films.
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    such a great movie. i need to see it again.
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