Arrow Video The Holy Mountain [Blu-ray]

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The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, The Holy Mountain is a sprawling phantasmagoria of sacrilegious visual excess and existential yearning. Jodorowskys most ambitious film sees the director himself play The Alchemist, a guru who guides a troupe of pilgrims, each representing a planet of the Solar System, on a magical quest to Lotus Island where they must ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment. The Holy Mountain is presented here newly restored in 4K with a selection of informative new interviews and extras which provide unprecedented insight into this momentous film. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative approved by Alejandro Jodorowsky High Definition Blu\-ray (1080p) presentation Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio and 5.1 DTS\-HD Master Audio Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky Jodorowsky Remembers The Holy Mountain, a new interview filmed in Paris Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University Pablo Leder: Jodorowskys Right Hand Man, Jodorowskys personal assistant remembers acting in El Topo and The Holy Mountain and his time spent with the director The A to Z of The Holy Mountain, a new video essay by writer Ben Cobb Deleted scenes with directors commentary The Tarot, a short film in which Jodorowsky explains the secrets of the cards Original trailer Image galleries