Watching Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain in 10 minute chunks on YouTube may not be the ideal way to view this cult movie but it doesn’t feel inappropriate. After all, the movie is not much concerned to maintain a narrative flow. Only in the last half hour does it finally get around to telling something that resembles a story. This revolves around the journey to the summit of The Holy Mountain on Lotus Island where nine wise mean live. These know the secret of immortatity and the mission is not to learn from them but simply to kill them and take their place. Even then there are plenty distractions and bizarre scenes.
If you watched the movie in a random sequence I don’t think it would be any more confusing – it may even help. Continue reading
