Some seven years after it was first published in France, the concluding volume of The Metabarons – cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s brilliantly insane graphic novel series – is finally getting an English language release next week. This is something of a big deal for Jodorowsky fans like me who have a poor grasp of French and rely too heavily on Babel Fish.
Here’s a substantially revised and updated version of an article I wrote some years ago about Jodorowsky’s life and work. I’ve embedded some video clips from Jodorowsky’s films ‘El Topo’, ‘The Holy Mountain’ and ‘Santa Sangre’. If you’re unfamiliar with his films ‘El Topo’, ‘The Holy Mountain’ and ‘Santa Sangre’, then it’s worth pointing out that they are – as they say - NSFW (or ‘Not Suitable For Work’) and leave it at that.
