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Alejandro Jodorowsky
Filmmaker and Philosopher
Series: Philosophical Filmmakers
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a force of nature. At 90 years old, he is still making films and is a cultural phenomenon who has influenced artists as disparate as John Waters and Yoko Ono. Although his body of work has long been considered disjointed and random, William...
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a force of nature. At 90 years old, he is still making films and is a cultural phenomenon who has influenced 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, 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, such as 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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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781350144774
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 192
About the Author
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 literature and philosophy, psychoanalysis, the foundations of physics, early modern European literature and thought, and modern Latin American literature.
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