The madman who made midnight movies mainstream finally explains himself.
Profile of Chilean-French filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and his new film Santa Sangre (1989) also including interviews with Jodorowsky on the set of his film The Rainbow Thief (1990).
Acting
Jodorowsky performs himself like a shaman selling tickets.
Direction
Murphy lets the subject devour the frame completely.
Director
Dominic Murphy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was shot during Jodorowsky's brief flirtation with mainstream respectability after Santa Sangre's critical redemption. He'd abandon it immediately after.
The Jodorowsky-Ross dynamic is essentially a polite British man realizing he's trapped in a conversation with a wizard who won't stop talking about his mother's ghost.
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