VERY VERY STRANGE MOVIE A MIX BETWEEN PETER GREENAWAY AND SHARUNAS BARTAS
Also Known As:
Montaña sagrada, La (Mexico)
The Sacred Mountain (International: English title) (reissue title)
Runtime: 114 min
Country: Mexico / USA
Language: English / Spanish
Color: Color (Technicolor)
[Image]From Alexandro Jodorowsky, the director who once said "I ask of film what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs," comes this visual/audio onslaught. It is perhaps best not to try to figure out the first thirty minutes or so; although this portion "develops" the main character, a Christ-like figure, all of what is here relayed is highly symbolic and very surreal. The second act, if it is to be considered this, introduces several other characters..., who are introduced with a little more "substance." All join together in the final third of the movie to journey to a "holy mountain" with the hope of there gaining immortality. Kids are limited to secondary roles and really make up a small amount of the screen time, but they do appear in a number of interesting scenes; a few of you asked me to find this one, however. If you are not a fan of the odd, you best pass, for this is one of the stranger films you will ever see
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