The Holy Mountain (1973 film)

La montaa sagrada The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain is a 1973 MexicanAmerican surreal fantasy film directed, written, produced, coscored, coedited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film. The film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music and Records, after Jodorowsky scored an underground phenomenon with El Topo and the acclaim of both John Lennon and George Harrison Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money. It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973, including Cannes, and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco.

After a confrontation with the alchemist, the thief defecates into a container. The excrement is transformed into gold by the alchemist, who proclaims You are excrement. You can change yourself into gold. The thief accepts the gold, but when shown himself in a mirror he angrily smashes the mirror with the gold, and the alchemist takes the thief as an apprentice.The thief is introduced to seven people who will accompany him on his journey they are said to be the most powerful but mortal, like himself. They are related to planets in astrological terms and portrayed with broadbrush satire, each personifying the worst aspects of his or her planets supposed characteristics. The seven consist of a cosmetics manufacturer male, Venus, a weapons manufacturer female, Mars, a millionaire art dealer male, Jupiter, a war toy maker female, Saturn, a political financial adviser male, Uranus, a police chief male, Neptune and an architect male, Pluto. They are gathered together by the alchemist who instructs them to burn their money and wax images of themselves. Together with the alchemist, the thief and the alchemists assistant, they form a group of ten. ........

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