{"id":1261,"date":"2023-02-23T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T12:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:47:14","slug":"the-alchemy-of-alejandro-jodorowsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/the-alchemy-of-alejandro-jodorowsky\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alchemy of Alejandro Jodorowsky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alejandro Jodorowsky&#8217;s mystical magnum opus The Holy Mountain, three classics by the controversial Chilean surrealist return to cinemas in the Netherlands nationwide. With Sophie replacing producer Elliot, who will be traveling the world for&nbsp;a while, our hosts Tom, Kiriko, and Hugo discuss the impact of 60s and 70s transgressive cinema, the heritage of the counter-culture,&nbsp;where the provoking works of Jodorowsky fit in, and if the spirit of those times and their cultural expressions&nbsp;live on in our current cinematic culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/celebratingcinema\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffc8dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nl\/podcast\/celebrating-cinema\/id1558165273 noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Subscribe to our podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Alchemy of Alejandro Jodorowsky\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5ao3zASmCLBkR8mA3mbi7p?si=793e9800f0f04b02&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partnership with MUBI <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to announce our new partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/mubi.com\/showing\">MUBI<\/a>, a curated streaming platform. Together, we offer you <a href=\"https:\/\/mubi.com\/promos\/lab111\">30 days free<\/a> to watch hand-picked films discussed in the ongoing podcast series, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/\">LAB111<\/a> podcast celebrating the intricate wonders of cinema. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our hosts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1542\" height=\"2313\" data-id=\"1431\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sophie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sophie.jpeg 1542w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sophie-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sophie-683x1024.jpeg 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height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1429\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-480x720.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-720x1080.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-500x750.jpeg 500w, 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https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-480x720.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-720x1080.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-500x750.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-1140x1710.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-320x480.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiriko Mechanicus (film maker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1432\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-480x720.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-720x1080.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-500x750.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-1140x1710.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-320x480.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tom Ooms (film programmer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the 50th anniversary of The Holy Mountain \u2014 and the nationwide return of three Jodorowsky classics to Dutch cinemas \u2014 hosts Tom, Kiriko, and Hugo sit with the transgressive, spiritually overloaded cinema of one of the 20th century&#8217;s most unclassifiable filmmakers. What did the counter-culture actually want from cinema, and did Jodorowsky deliver it? What does it mean that this spirit \u2014 of film as initiatory experience \u2014 has largely disappeared from mainstream filmmaking? And is it gone, or simply waiting for the right moment to return?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"page\/page-gutenberg.php","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","post_format-post-format-audio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}