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...
| Publié dans: | The journal of religion and film |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2015
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The journal of religion and film
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Jodorowsky, Alejandro 1929-
/ Film
/ Spiritualité
/ Subversion
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Alejandro Jodorowsky
El Topo
The Holy Mountain
Slavoj Zizek
Counterculture
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-1311 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film
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