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  • Alejandro Jodorowsky: Filmmaker and Philosopher

    Alejandro Jodorowsky by Egginton, William;

    Filmmaker and Philosopher

    Series: Philosophical Filmmakers;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 11 January 2024
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781350144774
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages192 pages
    • Size 214x138x14 mm
    • Weight 260 g
    • Language English
    • 528

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    Long description:

    Alejandro Jodorowsky is a force of nature. At 90 years old he is still making films and is a cultural phenomenon who has influenced other artists as disparate as John Waters and Yoko Ono. Although his body of work has long been considered disjointed and random, William Egginton claims that Jodorowsky's writings, theatre work and mime, and his films, along with the therapeutic practice he calls psychomagic, can all be tied together to form the philosophical programme that underpins his films.

    Incorporating surrealism and thinkers including Lacan, Kant, Hegel, and Zizek into his interpretation of Jodorowsky's work, Egginton shows how his diverse films are connected by interpretive practices with a fundamental similarity to Lacanian psychoanalysis. Using case studies of Jodorowsky's cult films, El Topo, Fando y Lis and Holy Mountain and more, this book provides a unique perspective on a filmmaker whose work has been notoriously difficult to analyse.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgements

    1. Introduction
    2. The Violence of Desire
    3. Staging the Fantasy
    4. Subjective Destitution

    Bibliography
    Index

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