Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection (Blu-Ray)

Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of world cinema s most fabled iconoclasts. Often venerated as the ultimate cult film director, the Chilean artist shot to prominence as a 1970s counter-cultural icon thanks to the masterful movies presented on this collection: Fando y Lis, El Topo and The Holy Mountain. These extraordinary films, presented here alongside his stunning new film Psychomagic, bedazzled audiences with their unique aesthetic, contrasting violence and beauty; the sublime and the sacrilegious; the mystical and the macabre…

Jodorowsky s first feature, Fando y Lis, tells of young Fando and his paraplegic sweetheart Lis s journey through a series of surreal scenarios to find the enchanted city of Tar. An acid-western packed with vivid imagery, El Topo stars Jodorowsky as a master-gunfighter who duels with four sharp-shooting adversaries on his journey across a desert dreamscape. In The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky plays The Alchemist, a guru who guides a troupe of pilgrims on a quest to ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jodorowsky s new cinematic experience, Psychomagic, A Healing Art, explores the directors radical therapeutic work.

Influential, controversial and endlessly fascinating, Jodorowsky s surreal masterpieces are presented here in stunning new 4K restorations, accompanied with a wealth of illuminating extras, and new writing.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• New 4K restorations of Fando y Lis, El Topo and The Holy Mountain approved by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Blu-ray premiere of Jodorowsky s new film Psychomagic
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
• Original 1.0 mono audio and optional 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
• Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles
• Six collector s postcards
• Double-sided fold-out poster
• Limited edition 80-page hardbound book featuring new writing on the films by Virginie Sélavy, Michael Atkinson, Bilge Ebiri, Mark Pilkington and archival articles
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly designed artwork by Matt Griffin

FANDO Y LIS
• Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Jodorowsky Remembers Fando y Lis, new interview
• Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University
• La Cravate, Jodorowsky s compellingly surreal 1957 adaptation of Thomas Mann s The Transposed Heads
• La Constellation Jodorowsky, Louis Mouchet s feature-length documentary featuring interviews with Jean Mobieus Giraud and Peter Gabriel

EL TOPO
• Film presentation in both 1.85:1 and 1.33:1 original theatrical aspect ratios for the first time
• Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Jodorowsky Remembers El Topo, new interview
• New introduction with Richard Peña
• A Conversation with The Son of El Topo, a newly filmed, extensive interview with Brontis Jodorowsky
• The Father of Midnight Movies, an archival interview filmed in 2007
• El Topo Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
• Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Jodorowsky Remembers The Holy Mountain, new interview
• New introduction with Richard Peña
• Pablo Leder: Jodorowsky s Right Hand Man, Jodorowsky s personal assistant remembers his time spent with the director
• The A to Z of The Holy Mountain, a new video essay by writer Ben Cobb
• Deleted scenes with director s commentary
• The Tarot, a short film in which Jodorowsky explains the secrets of the cards
• The Holy Mountain Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD

PSYCHOMAGIC, A HEALING ART
• Blu-ray premiere of Jodorowsky’s new film
• Original Trailer