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Alejandro Jodorowsky (born February 7, 1929) is a director, actor, and writer of a handful of esoteric, surreal and shocking films, as well as a writer of comic books.
His films The Holy Mountain (1973) and El Topo (1970) are regarded as cult classics. Neither film is currently available on DVD in the United States because of disputes over ownership with Allen Klein, though bootleg copies are occasionally circulated and a DVD of El Topo is available in Italy. His first feature length film, Fando y Lis is available on DVD in the US and is infamous for inciting a full scale riot at its premiere in the Acapulco Film Festival.
Jodorowsky began working in 1975 on an adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. The project was intended to involve Orson Welles, Salvador Dalí, Pink Floyd, H.R. Giger and Jean Giraud (Moebius). Ultimately, its funding evaporated, but Jodorowsky claimed sabotaged by the major studios in Hollywood because it was too French. Many close to the project claim that the set designs later turned up in Star Wars. Several of the people working on Jodorowsky's version of Dune later worked on Aliens with similiar elements from the failed movie. Of course, in the early 1980s, David Lynch made his version of Dune and H.R. Giger was once again hired.
A sequel, The Sons of El Topo is currently listed as in pre-production on IMDb.
Jodorowsky once said, "Most directors make films with their eyes. I make films with my testicles."
He is also the writer of several comic book series: Metabarons, Technopriests, Incal, Megalex.
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