The Holy Mountain

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The Holy Mountain

film by Jodorowsky [1973]

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
El Topo and The Holy Mountain
In The Holy Mountain (1973) a Thief climbs down from a cross and enters a town where tourists film public executions and a circus of toads and chameleons reenacts the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The Thief then encounters the Alchemist (Jodorowsky), who transmutes the Thief’s excrement…
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In The Holy Mountain (1973) a Thief climbs down from a cross and enters a town where tourists film public executions and a circus of toads and chameleons reenacts the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The Thief then encounters the Alchemist (Jodorowsky), who transmutes the Thief’s excrement…
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