While strictly an arthouse film, The Holy Mountain shines by a relentless pace and absence of self-indulgence - no scene is longer than necessary, and many of the takes which ot must have taken weeks to compose and prepare are only 10 or 20 seconds long in the finished cut. Plus, there's a lot of humor.
As to the "plot" or content - some reviewers have pointed out that you need at least a basic understanding of the esoteric arts, the Tarot or something - well, I'm not interested in any of those things - in fact consider myself rather a rationalist - but nontheless I found the film thoroughly entertaining and intriguing. (Not to mention the fact that Jodorowsky is not too serious about those themes and in fact pokes fun at those too credulous in the final scene)
Review of The Holy Mountain
