Official Trailer for ‘Jodorowsky Collection’ A 10-Film Blu-Ray Box Set​

“You know you cannot escape death, but immortality can be obtained.” Umbrella Ent. in Australia is about to release a glorious new 10-film 4K Blu-ray box set called the Jodorowsky Collection. Yes indeed, it is an exhilarating complete collection of everything from enigmatic visionary Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky. Best known for his early psychedelic films El Topo and The Holy Mountain, this Blu-ray set also includes the sci-fi documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune (not directed by him but entirely about Jodo anyway) and all of his recent films as well. He tried to make a comeback with The Dance of Reality in 2013, Endless Poetry in 2016, and the doc Psychomagic, A Healing Art in 2019 – all of these are included in here as well. Legit. Climb the mountain and take hold of “The Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection”, a FULL ten film cinematic retrospective of a pioneering visionary.” Remarkably, Jodo is now 97 years old and still thinking of cinema. I highly, highly recommend every cinephile watch both El Topo and The Holy Mountain because they’re entirely mind-bending, one-of-a-kind cinematic experiences. I’m glad they put out a trailer for this – a nice career retrospective. Alas, this set is only available in Australia / New Zealand for now. Still awesome.

Here’s the official trailer for Umbrella Entertainment’s Jodorowsky Collection box set from YouTube:

Umbrella’s original intro: “Step into the visionary universe of Alejandro Jodorowsky: filmmaker, mystic, provocateur, and one of cinema’s great alchemists – Alejandro Jodorowsky. This definitive collection gathers his most transformative works, a suite of films that shattered convention and redefined what the medium could be. From his desert-blasted spiritual odysseys to psychedelic rites of passage, Jodorowsky crafts cinema as ritual: bold, symbolic, transgressive, and wholly unforgettable.” Jodorowsky Collection is a new Blu-ray box set offering from Umbrella Entertainment in Australia. Films included in this set: Fando y Lis (1968), El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973), Tusk (Director’s Cut) (1980), Santa Sangre (1989), The Rainbow Thief (Director’s Cut) (1990), The Dance of Reality (2013), Endless Poetry (2016), Psychomagic, A Healing Art (2019), and Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013). It also includes a 100+ page hardbound book with essays, a custom diecut rigid case with special packaging, new special features galore, and more surprises inside. The full box set goes for $350 Australian Dollars / ~$250 USD – you can order it here (unfortunately it only ships to Aus & NZ). This is as good as any Criterion release! A must have.

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