A Path Less Traveled: Rethinking Spirituality in the Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky

This essay seeks to add to the scholarship around the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky by looking at how Jodorowsky challenge to mainstream religion and spirituality in two of his major films: El Topo and The Holy Mountain. I situate both these films within their cultural context and, working with Slav...

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Published in:The journal of religion and film
Main Author: Breckenridge, Adam C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2015
In: The journal of religion and film
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jodorowsky, Alejandro 1929- / Film / Spirituality / Subversion
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AZ New religious movements
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Alejandro Jodorowsky El Topo The Holy Mountain Slavoj Zizek Counterculture
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Summary:This essay seeks to add to the scholarship around the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky by looking at how Jodorowsky challenge to mainstream religion and spirituality in two of his major films: El Topo and The Holy Mountain. I situate both these films within their cultural context and, working with Slavoj Zizek’s idea of the sadistic trap, explore how they challenge not only mainstream religious beliefs but countercultural ones as well. By doing so, I hope to cast some light on what makes the subversive nature of his films so valuable and to provide some guidance to two films that can be quite overwhelming to try to understand.
ISSN:1092-1311
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film