a scene from the 1973 film THE HOLY MOUNTAIN by director Alejandro Jodorowsky.
synopsis: A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal
alejandro jodorowsky about the holy mountain and el topo
“If art is not the medecine for society, it is the poison.”
