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The Film Programme: Alejandro Jodorowsky

24/09/2020

Alejandro Jodorowsky

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Alejandro Jodorowsky

The weird and frightening world of Alejandro Jodorowsky.

With Francine Stock.

Controversial cult film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky is almost as famous for a film he didn't make as he is for the films he did. The Chilean director pioneered a new type of cult movie with his psychedelic western El Topo, but it's his doomed attempt to make a version of Dune, starring Salvador Dali, that propelled him to legendary status. He tells the story of his life, from creating mimes for Marcel Marceau to working with The Beatles on The Holy Mountain.

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