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Alejandro Jodorowsky: Filmmaker and Philosopher

By (author) William Egginton

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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a force of nature. At 90 years old he is still making films and is a cultural phenomenon who has influenced other artists as disparate as John Waters and Yoko Ono. Although his body of work has long been considered disjointed and random, William Egginton claims that Jodorowsky’s writings, theatre work and mime, and his films, along with the therapeutic practice he calls psychomagic, can all be tied together to form the philosophical programme that underpins his films. Incorporating surrealism and thinkers including Lacan, Kant, Hegel, and Žižek into his interpretation of Jodorowsky's work, Egginton shows how his diverse films are connected by interpretive practices with a fundamental similarity to Lacanian psychoanalysis. Using case studies of Jodorowsky's cult films, El Topo, Fando y Lis and Holy Mountain and more, this book provides a unique perspective on a filmmaker whose work has been notoriously difficult to analyse.

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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published date | 11 Jan 2024
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 192
Dimensions | 216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 360g
ISBN | 978-1-3501-4476-7
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BISAC | philosophy / aesthetics


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