The Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a renowned theatre director, writer, poet, novelist, and expert in the Tarot who has gained recognition for his surreal, hallucinatory, and provocative films. His Transformative Cinema explores the ways in which his films are transformative in a psychologically therapeutic way, examining his signature style, the symbolic meaning of colors, the use of family members, and his casting of himself in leading roles. This book is the only English-language publication that covers all of Jodorowsky's films, connecting his work as a writer and therapist to his films' attempt to obliterate the line between fantasy and reality.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 22 August 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a multifaceted artist who has made significant contributions to various creative fields, including theatre direction, graphic novel and comic book writing, novel writing, poetry, and expertise in the Tarot. He is also a renowned auteur filmmaker who gained recognition with his groundbreaking film "El Topo" in 1970. Jodorowsky's films are known for their surreal, hallucinatory, and provocative nature, earning him the label of a "cult" filmmaker. "The Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky" delves into the ways in which Jodorowsky's films have a transformative impact on viewers psychologically. It explores his signature style, which includes the symbolic meaning of various colors in which he clothes his actors, the use of his own family members in the films, and his casting of himself in leading roles. Jodorowsky's total involvement of himself and his family in his auteur films led to his psycho-therapeutic theories and practices, including metagenealogy and psychomagic. This book is the only English-language publication that comprehensively covers all of Jodorowsky's films, spanning from his earliest mime film in 1957 to his 2019 film on psychomagic. It also connects his work as a writer and therapist to his films, which aim to blur the line between fantasy and reality.

Weight: 312g
Dimension: 151 x 229 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501378775