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I saw Alejandro Jodorowsky’s mind-blowing Holy Mountain at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery last night. They show outdoor movies on summer weekends, projected on the side of a huge mausoleum. It’s a delightfully eerie place to get together with a few hundred Angelenos and watch all the classics. Just bring a chair and set it up on the lawn. Don’t try and rough it on the ground with a blanket like I did– it’s a recipe for sore ass pie.
The print of Holy Mountain they showed was beautifully clear. It’s a film that needs to be seen to be understood, so I won’t try to explain it here. I’ll just say that it’s a beautiful and nauseating experience, unbelievably decadent, but saved from pretentiousness by its own sense of humor. It’s great, and there’s no other film quite like it. Check it out in theaters if you get a chance, now that it’s legal to exhibit the film in the U.S.– or watch it on DVD with the newly released Jodorowsky box set.
Upcoming screenings at Hollywood Forever:
June 23: The Haunting
June 30: Roman Holiday
July 7th: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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ugh! you went sunday night! err. jealous. hahaa. You are meeting up with us sat when we all go right?? I sent you the evite did you get it??
This was the perfect way to start the summer
oops i also meant to say laying on the grass next to you under the stars with a rad movie