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Santa Sangre
1989 · Film · 122 min
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
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A part of me did laugh out at the thought of you naively sitting down with a group of friends to watch a Jodorowsky movie. Having watched The Holy Mountain, El Topo and Santa Sangre I could only imagine how awkward this was.
Regarding the creative process of creating Dune, Jodorowsky has this to say in the documentary:
> "if you respect the woman, you will never have child. You need to open the costume and to... to rape the bride."
Which is a horrifying choice of words considering Jodorwsky "claimed in a 1970 interview to have raped his co-star Mara Lorenzio on camera" [0].
[0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/director-bragged-on-camera-rape-alejandro-jodorowskys-el-topo/
"It's one of those films that the entire time you watch it, you just think "How could they make this? Why would they make this? Was the world ever really so different that this seemed OK?"
If you enjoy this sort of thing, I highly recommend Alejandro Jodorowky's The Holy Mountain[1], which is both much weirder and far more profound than The 5,000 Fingers.
If you find yourself liking The Holy Mountain I'd recommend Jodorowsky's other masterpieces: El Topo and Santa Sangre.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmR0vi0ifzE
OT: Santa Sangre is a Jodorowski film where he tried to make a horrifying as opposed to horror film and IMO succeeded.
Thank you for answering! I can see your viewpoint.
I can't decide if Jodorowsky is bit crazy or genius. Probably both.
Thinking back, yeah I did find he dedication fascinating.
I remembered him of course from his films -- Fando Y Lis, Santa Sangre, Holy Mountain. Most Americans have heard or seen a David Lynch movie, well Jodorowsky is more out there if you wish. Even if Jodo's Dune was made, I doubt it would have gained international success and become a "Star Wars". It would have been an awesome and fascinating movie but not for everyone's tastes.
Santa Sangre is my favorite movie of all time. I've probably seen it about 25 times since I always make other people watch it and end up watching it with them. It still gets better every new time I see it.
I think this is the only Jodorowsky film that qualifies for the 'mindfuck' category (the others are more just surreal and weird), but it really is mind-blowing once you understand it.