Refocus: the Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky

The first scholarly collection dedicated to the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky offers theoretical interpretations from various fields and includes textual and contextual analysis of his entire filmography. Jodorowsky is known as a provocateur, performance artist, visionary filmmaker, and controversial playwright. His films are characterized by visual delirium, radical politics, and mystical philosophy, and have a post-surrealist aesthetics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

The first comprehensive academic collection dedicated to the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky delves into theoretical interpretations from diverse fields such as cinema studies, art history, Latin American studies, gender studies, comparative literature, disability studies, and sound studies, presented by esteemed scholars in the field. This volume encompasses both textual and contextual analyses of Jodorowsky's entire filmography, recognized as the father of the midnight cult movie and a co-founder of the avant-garde Panic movement in France. Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, a multifaceted artist and filmmaker, defies conventional categorization. He is known as a provocateur, performance artist, visionary filmmaker, controversial playwright, philosopher, and tarot reader, among other diverse classifications. These diverse aspects of his artistry and filmmaking seamlessly converge into his practice. Audiences recognize him as a creator of thought-provoking and mesmerizing films characterized by visual delirium, the infusion of radical politics and mystical philosophy, and a post-surrealist aesthetic.

ReFocus: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine and contextualize Jodorowsky's films across various conceptual frameworks. From occult and mystical orientations to the political and decolonial aspects of his major films, this collection explores the formative metaphysical elaborations in Jodorowsky's earliest films, his pioneering independent film practice in Mexico, and his emergence and development as a visionary international filmmaker. By examining these facets, ReFocus offers a deeper understanding of Jodorowsky's cinematic oeuvre and its profound impact on the world of cinema.

Weight: 508g
Dimension: 240 x 159 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399505949