Alejandro Jodorowsky : filmmaker and philosopher / William Egginton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egginton, William, 1969- author.

Series:

Philosophical filmmakers

Philosophical Filmmakers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jodorowsky, Alejandro--Criticism and interpretation.

Jodorowsky, Alejandro.

Philosophy in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

181 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

Summary:

"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"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

The Violence of Desire

Staging the Fantasy

Subjective Destitution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Egginton, William. Alejandro Jodorowsky.

ISBN:

1350144770

9781350144774

1350144762

9781350144767

OCLC:

1377626903