tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post220908483107386862..comments2024-02-25T21:23:09.512-05:00Comments on Stale Popcorn: Weirdly WeirdGlenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-38245292621641623432012-10-02T01:12:36.050-04:002012-10-02T01:12:36.050-04:00Jodorowsky is a prankster or a Jungian trickster. ...Jodorowsky is a prankster or a Jungian trickster. He has no past (or at least attempts to cloud his past with numerous myths) and this constantly denies any concrete experience or interpretation of his films. Elements of zen buddhism, tarot, psychomagic, catholicism, psychoanalysis and a whole bunch of other interests filter into his films in a strange matrix of presentations.<br /><br />Especially with something like El Topo, the film is simultaneously symbolic and surface level. Its about myth making and deconstructing, about the search for spiritual enlightenment and the notion that representational texts aren't as simple as being solely a representation of reality. <br /><br />I think the trick is not to try and read one particular message or perspective. Although he is working in the confines of a Hollywood genre (the Western) it doesn't want you to come away with some clear headed definition of what the films intentions are, because its intentions both don't exist and are endless. You just have to experience the films, try to pull at the threads and tie them together and understand new perspectives for seeing not only films, but reality, politics, religion, etc.<br /><br />Sorry, I got carried away there haha. The dude's a fucking genius. Simonhttp://lastpictureshowpodcast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-78459983909542371042012-06-11T13:16:37.747-04:002012-06-11T13:16:37.747-04:00It's been a couple of years since I've wat...It's been a couple of years since I've watched them but I def. prefer Holy Mountain to El Topo too. I'd watched HM first though, and always wondered if my preference for it was only because it felt fresh and then ET felt derivative, so I'm happy to hear you came to the same conclusion as I did having viewed them the opposite way. <br /><br />You should see Sante Sangre next, I really liked that one too.Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.com