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Alejandro Jodorowsky

Filmmaker and Philosopher

William Egginton

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English
Bloomsbury Academic
08 February 2024
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 Žižek 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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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm, 
ISBN:   9781350144774
ISBN 10:   1350144770
Series:   Philosophical Filmmakers
Pages:   208
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

William Egginton is the Decker Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, USA. His research and teaching focus on Spanish and Latin American literature, literary theory, and the relation between literature and philosophy.

Reviews for Alejandro Jodorowsky: Filmmaker and Philosopher

Alejandro Jodorowsky: Filmmaker and Philosopher is a captivating exploration of Jodorowsky’s work, and a vital read for those seeking a deeper understanding of the filmmaker’s elusive concept of psychomagic. Egginton’s analysis, premised on highlighting the parallel structures that exist between Jodorowsky’s body of work and Lacanian psychoanalysis, has unlocked a register of criticism that will serve Jodorowsky scholars for years to come * Michael Newell Witte, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, University of San Diego, USA *


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