(1957-2013)
A collection of short films and events from Alejandro Jodorowsky on one extended disc, fully uncut 122 min.
NTSC signal for any US/Canada DVD playerATTENTION !!!! European & Australian PAL DVD machine or PAL Blu-ray won't play this disc.
various countries productions in English language or English subtitles
screen aspect: widescreen / fullscreen
total running time : 122 min. (Uncut / Uncensored version)
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1. LA CRAVATE (1957) aka SEVERED HEADS
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This 20 minute short film is directed by (and starring) Alejandro Jodorowsky [as Alexandre Jodorowsky] with Saul Gilbert and Ruth Michelly. It is a mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian shopmistress who makes her living selling human heads to people who want a new start in life.
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2. VIVA LA VAGINA (1964)
Here is a short film, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky based on one of his poems. He attempts to explain the "union of the masculine with the female spirit, the yin and the yang," eventually proclaiming that man is limited by his external organ but "a woman... she has a chamber... the female organ is an adapter, adapting to a shape" thus the reason for two different ways of thinking between men and women. He concludes the observation: "I want to be born again with a vagina... such an incredible, thing... Long live the vagina!"
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3. HE! VIVA DADA (1965)
aka TOPOR / DO YOU REMEMBER THE FUTURE? / LIBRE EXPRESSION
aka TOPOR / DO YOU REMEMBER THE FUTURE? / LIBRE EXPRESSION
This is a rare black-and-white film of a 'free-expression' stage show at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. The presentation was called Théâtre Panique [Ppanic Theater] and featured Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernado Arrabal, American poet Allen Ginsberg, Charlotte Moorman and Roland Topor.
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4. ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY AT LINCOLN CENTER,
AFTER NYC SCREENING OF EL TOPO (pics below left)
5. DISOURBARA (1975) (pic below right)
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6. DUNE (1975)
Art, Trailer and Obstacles
Alejandro Jodorowsky talks about his involvement with Dune, including the preparation, casting and initial shoot ["I was making a film that would give the people who took LSD the hallucinations that you get with that drug, but without hallucinating"] This entry features his original trailer for the film, the drawings and costume design by Moebius and H. R. Giger, music by Pink Floyd. Plus the devastating disappointment when the Hollywood studio, Warners, pulled the plug on the project.
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7. THE TAROT (2004)
Alejandro directs this short animated film as he explains his quest to
better understand the mysticism of Tarot Cards
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8. THE VOICE THIEF (2013)
Alejandro Jodorowasky writes the script for this controversial short film, THE VOICE THIEF, which would be directed by his son Adan, starring Asia Argento and his older son Alex. In this eye-popping 20 minute film, an opera singer loses her voice and husband Axel dives into Miami's dark underworld of prostitutes and thugs to recover it through violent/supernatural means. (22 minutes)