La constellation Jodorowsky (1994)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Louis Mouchet

Writer:

Louis Mouchet (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Fantasy Filmmaking | Drama Filmmaking | Interview | Film Making | Filmmaker

Cast

Fernando Arrabal	...	Himself
Peter Gabriel	...	Himself
Alejandro Jodorowsky	...	Himself
Marcel Marceau	...	Himself
Jean Giraud	...	Himself (as Jean 'Moebius' Giraud)
Jean-Pierre Vignau	...	Himself
Louis Mouchet	...	Himself

Directed by
Louis Mouchet

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Louis Mouchet		writer

Produced by
Marie-Agnès Azuelos	....	executive producer
Louis Mouchet	....	producer
Pascal Salamin	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Dorothy Cox

Cinematography by
Gilles Clabaut
François Husson

Film Editing by
Pascal Salamin

Sound Department
Eric Ghersinu	....	sound
Jean Guillem	....	sound
Alexandre Tissier	....	sound

Production Companies

• Les Films Grain de Sable
• Les Humanodes Associes
• TCV Telecinevideo

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Exploited Film (2000) (UK) (VHS)
• Fantoma
• Raro Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (boxed set)

Also Known As:

The Jodorowsky Constellation (International: English title) (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

French | English

Certification:

UK:18 | Italy:T (DVD) (self-applied)

Company:

Les Films Grain de Sable

Movie Connections:

Features El topo (1970)

A fascinating & enlightening look at a creative guru

This is a fascinating documentary about the Chilean writer, director, artist Alexandro Jodorowsky. The interviewer Louis Mouchet asks Jodorowsky a potpourri of questions about his films, philosophy, art, and his opinion and feelings on a host of subjects. Mouchet begins the interview with the simple, but spellbinding, inquisition: "who are you?", to which Jodorowsky replies with a tale of the Emperor of China. He states that when we can define ourselves we cease to be. He shares with us his thoughts and definitions of his lifelong quest for knowledge and the unknown, and his exploits into the Panic Movement in France, and his drawings and art and how he avoided the lynching by the audience at the premiere of Fando and Lis. There are also interviews with his associates Fernando Arrabal, Marcel Marceau, Jean Giraud and the musician Peter Gabriel. We also learn of his plans of the project of Dune, which fell through and was later made by David Lynch. There is also an interesting and amusing look at Jodorowsky as an orator in a class of students, in which Mouchet is invited to join in. It is a fascinating and enlightening look at the life and works of this creative and artistic guru.