Hello all, this week's underground screening is Alejandro Jodorowsky's wild and wooly Holy Mountain.
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Following our Fall screening of Jodorowsky's El Topo, we present his follow-up, which may be even stranger. As in El Topo, this film focuses on a lone protagonist (The Thief) seeking self-improvement through encounters with a series of powerful individuals. All the way through to its surprise ending, which shifts the film's concern with the liminal space between heaven and earth into another register, The Holy Mountain is surreal, psychedelic, and revelatory. (114 min.)
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The underground film series is sponsored by Indiana University's Department of Communication and Culture. All screenings are on alternating Fridays at 7 p.m. in room 251 of the Radio-TV building on the IU campus. All screenings are free and open to the public, and free parking is ample in the lot adjacent to the building, provided you clearly display an underground flyer on the dashboard of your vehicle.
