From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky known as Alejandro Jodorowsky born 17 February 1929 is a Chilean filmmaker playwright composer and writer with a large cult following Best known for his avantgarde films he has been venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts for his work which is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation His most notable works include El Topo 1970 The Holy Mountain 1973 and Santa Sangre 1989 all of which have had limited release but achieved popularity amongst various countercultural groups He has cited the filmmaker Federico Fellini as his primary cinematic influence and has been described as an influence on such figures as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch After a failed attempt to return to filmmaking with a film entitled King Shot starring Marilyn Manson and produced by David Lynch Alejandro is set to return to cinema with the sequel to El Topo entitled Abel Cain sometime in late 2011 or 2012 Jodorowsky is also a playwright and play director having produced over one hundred plays primarily in Mexico where he lived for much of his life Alongside this he is also a writer particularly of comic books his The Incal even has been noted as having a claim to be the best comic book ever written as well as books on his own theories about spirituality Jodorowsky has been involved in the occult and various spiritual and religious groups including Zen Buddhism and forms of Mexican shamanism and has formulated his own spiritual system which he has called psychomagic and psychoshamanism Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro Jodorowsky licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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