The Dance of Reality

This is the pinnacle of Jodorowsky's creativity and, at the same time, his own surrealist autobiography and cinematic confession. It was poetic, metaphorical, and at times somewhat crazy, but nobody expected anything else from the classic.

More than twenty years before the start of filming, Jodorowsky did not shoot anything (he tried, but nothing came of it), wrote books, practiced free tarot readings, and so-called "psychomagic."

(Psychomagic is his own invention, it works something like this: "I want to sleep with many men, but I don't want to cheat on my husband. What should I do? - Sleep with your own husband many times, dressing him up as strangers")

Throughout this time, Jodorowsky dismissed all questions from journalists: "What nonsense—making a film to make money! I want to make films to lose money!" And having finally saved up for another film, he made a living movie with such a multitude of images and ideas that it would have been enough for several films. It seems as if Jodorowsky was afraid that in order to make the next film, he would have to wait another 20 years. And two years later, a sequel was released, "Endless Poetry" (which we will watch this week).

It is a must-see for anyone who vaguely suspects that the visible, objective reality we see is nothing more than a dance in our heads.