Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky is a French and Chilean film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, actor, author, poet, producer, composer, musician, comics writer and spiritual guru. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation"...
NationalityChilean
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 February 1929
CityTocopilla, Chile
CountryChile
When I was a young person I went to the university and I learned a rational language, to think with the left side of the brain. But in the right side of the brain you have intuition and imagination. Words are not the truth; they indicate the way to go, but you need to go alone, in silence. Symbols have a language that kills the words.
I think the art of filmmaking is something you learn through actions, by doing it, not by learning theories. And as you do it, your mind starts to change.
You can’t have a masterpiece without madness,
If art is not a medicine for the society, it is a poison.
I live making comics. Comics is an industrial art but less suffering, because comics are for young people who are more adventurous. I do that. I live off comics, and then I write books, but when you want movies, you cannot make movies without money.
Words don't heal. Art heals!
I am like the rain, I go where I'm needed,
Art gives to you a new conception of reality, opens your mind, opens your heart, opens your desire of action.
If you are great, 'El Topo' is a great picture. If you are limited, 'El Topo' is limited.
My consciousness is without limits more than when I was 40 or 50.
Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease.
You are engaging in madness. I feel obliged to accompany you.
Five cats and a woman. That is all I need in life.
People say I am mad. I am not mad. I am trying to heal my soul.