Most Wanted DVD of the Day #1

“Most filmmakers make movies with their eyes. I make them with my testicles”…one of the many memorables quotes from my latest obsession, Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky. Today’s Most Wanted DVD of the Day (the first in what promises to be a lively ongoing series!) is most surely the “Holy Trilogy” collection of his three films: “El Topo”, “Santa Sangre”, and “Holy Mountain”. From the IMDB’s description of “El Topo”: “See the naked young Franciscans whipped with cactus. See the bandit leader disemboweled. See the priest ride into the sunset with a midget and her newborn baby. What it all means isn’t exactly clear, but you won’t forget it.” Director, producer, composer, mime and psychotherapist (!), Jodorowsky is also a well known comic book illustrator and Tarot card reader. He once said, “I ask of cinema what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs.” His first feature length, Fando Y Lis, caused a riot at its premiere in the Acapulco Film Festival. Fun fact: John Lennon and Yoko Ono completely financed his second film. The collection is available now!



