Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

A documentary in which Alejandro Jodorowsky talks about his ambitious film version of Frank Herbert's Dune novel (1965). You've not seen the finished film because unfortunately it never went into production. If it had, it could've been magical and glorious, or at the very least spectacularly disastrous. Jodorowsky had gathered together a sparkling reservoir of creative people to help him realise his vision, including artists Chris Foss, HR Giger and Jean 'Moebius' Giraud. If you're a Dune nut like I am, then it's essential viewing.

4 drug-free trips out of 5

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN [1973]

Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain is a allegorical journey into the disturbingly grotesque & absurd.

Heavily inspired by author René Daumal's Mount Analogue, the film is filled with bizarre imagery where everything serves a purpose and meaning that requires careful observation and thought with multiple viewings, much like the protagonist himself, who doesn't fully understand what's going on until he approaches his view from a different angle: the top of a "mountain".  The film is deep with mysticism & religion, satire, the bizarre and the hilarious.  I don't think I've laughed this much at irrational esotericism since Monty Python & The Holy Grail.  

4 pyramids of blood out of 5

SANTA SANGRE [1989]

Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre is a predictably bizarre, disturbing and visually powerful piece of cinema.  

Jodorowsky's warped sense of humor is at some of it's best here while he manages to baffle the emotions with a feverish nightmare like tale both horrifying and tragic.  It's not for everybody but for those familiar with Jadorowsky should already know that.  

3 elephant caskets out of 5