The Holy Mountain

The 1973 Alejandro Jodorowsky classic – screening on Saturday November 14th, encore on Sunday November 15th!

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

Taormina International Film Festival: Special Mention award winner for director Alejandro Jodorowsky!

“it looks amazing on the big screen and if you haven’t experienced this film, be prepared for a mind-bending journey to the very far-out reaches of art cinema!” (Melbourne International Film Festival)

“This gorgeous new digital restoration, overseen by the filmmaker himself, returns Jodorowsky’s most visually extravagant film to all its trippy splendor.” (IFC Center)

“a landmark of visionary filmmaking pitched somewhere between magic ritual and surreal burlesque…It’s been a huge influence on generations of artists, inspiring filmmakers as disparate as Dennis Hopper, Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky and Nicolas Winding Refn…mesmerizing” (The Wall Street Journal)