ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY ARCHIVES
(1957-2013) Short Films and Events
AN EXTENDED 2 HOUR DVD
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1. LA CRAVATE [SEVERED HEADS] (1957)

     

This 20 minute short film is directed by (and starring) Alejandro Jodorowsky [as Alexandre Jodorowsky] with Saul Gilbert and Ruth Michelly. It is a mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian shopmistress who makes her living selling human heads to people who want a new start in life.

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2. VIVA LA VAGINA (1964)

     

Here is a short film, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky based on one of his poems. He attempts to explain the "union of the masculine with the female spirit, the yin and the yang," eventually proclaiming that man is limited by his external organ but "a woman... she has a chamber... the female organ is an adapter, adapting to a shape" thus the reason for two different ways of thinking between men and women. He concludes the observation: "I want to be born again with a vagina... such an incredible, thing... Long live the vagina!"

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3. HE! VIVA DADA [aka TOPOR,
and DO YOU REMEMBER THE FUTURE? and LIBRE EXPRESSION (1965)

          

This is a rare black-and-white film of a 'free-expression' stage show at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. The presentation was called Théâtre Panique [Ppanic Theater] and featured Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernado Arrabal, American poet Allen Ginsberg, Charlotte Moorman and Roland Topor.

        

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4. ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY AT LINCOLN CENTER,
AFTER NYC SCREENING OF EL TOPO (pics below left)

5. DISOURBARA (1975) (pic below right)

                  

Shot at the legendary Walter Reed theater, Alejandro Jodorowsky speaks and does a Q&A with members of the audience. (25 minutes)

DISOURBARA (1975) a collection of paintings and watercolors by Jodorowsky as he prepared to helm the movie version of Frank Herbert's SciFi novel Dune.

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6. DUNE [Art, Trailer and Obstacles] (1975)

     

Alejandro Jodorowsky talks about his involvement with Dune, including the preparation, casting and initial shoot ["I was making a film that would give the people who took LSD the hallucinations that you get with that drug, but without hallucinating"] This entry features his original trailer for the film, the drawings and costume design by Moebius and H. R. Giger, music by Pink Floyd. Plus the devastating disappointment when the Hollywood studio, Warners, pulled the plug on the project.

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7. THE TAROT (2004)

    

Alejandro directs this short animated film as he explains his quest to
better understand the mysticism of Tarot Cards
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8. THE VOICE THIEF (2013)

      

Alejandro Jodorowasky writes the script for this controversial short film, THE VOICE THIEF, which would be directed by his son Adan, starring Asia Argento and his older son Alex. In this eye-popping 20 minute film, an opera singer loses her voice and husband Axel dives into Miami's dark underworld of prostitutes and thugs to recover it through violent/supernatural means. (22 minutes)

     
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A collection of short films and events from Alejandro Jodorowsk
on one extended disc, fully uncut 122 min, English language or English subtitles,
encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine

Recommended For Mature Audiences