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Holy Mountain made big chunks of money. Jodorowsky is the only alt/psychedelic filmmaker I know of who ever made money. That’s how he got to keep making films.

camoufleur 4y ago
After the Holy Mountain in 1973, it wasn't until 1989 he made another proper 'Jodorowsky' movie. Then until the 2010s when he was able to make two more films from crowdfunding. I don't think his films have made much money at all, compared to someone like Lynch who was able to get movies made for a long time.
- kranke155 4y ago
  My impression from watching the Dune documentary is he couldn’t get money to get the movies he wanted to make. So he turned to graphic novels with Moebius, which I believe were successful (leading him to make a lot of them with a variety of artists - Manara, Jimenez). My impression from the Dune documentary is he could find enough funding to pay for all the pre production work that now is in the book, which including hiring 3-4 artists. So I’m not sure he stop making films because he couldn’t get the funding, since the impression is he got enough to pay for those guys to work for him for a while.
prepend 4y ago
Holy Mountain made $104k on a $750k budget [0]. Definitely not big chunks of money. I liked Holy Mountain and I like crazy stuff. I’m not sure how he got his projects funded but it’s not based on his box office success. El Topo also lost money. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film)
- kranke155 4y ago
  Hmmm from the Dune documentary Holy Mountain was a “hit”, particularly in Europe. That’s why he got funding to work on pre production for a Dune film, hired multiple artists to work on it for a period of time etc. The box office you’re quoting is from a re-issue. It says right there on the page. Again if you watch the Dune documentary, it’s stated there that: - holy Mountain did relatively well at the box office - that led producers to fund concept stage for his next idea, Dune If the documentary is innacurate I don’t know. But that’s there, from memory.
  - prepend 4y ago
    It was a critical hit, but not financial. It’s an interesting movie and I’m glad it was made. I would never invest in it. Making Jodorowsky’s movies is like art patronage. Im not sure how the documentary producers substantiated their claim, so I linked to a pretty reputable source that describes the budget and box office.
    - kranke155 4y ago
      As I pointed out already, the Wikipedia page you linked says “re issue” under the profit

camoufleur 4y ago

After the Holy Mountain in 1973, it wasn't until 1989 he made another proper 'Jodorowsky' movie. Then until the 2010s when he was able to make two more films from crowdfunding. I don't think his films have made much money at all, compared to someone like Lynch who was able to get movies made for a long time.

kranke155 4y ago
My impression from watching the Dune documentary is he couldn’t get money to get the movies he wanted to make. So he turned to graphic novels with Moebius, which I believe were successful (leading him to make a lot of them with a variety of artists - Manara, Jimenez). My impression from the Dune documentary is he could find enough funding to pay for all the pre production work that now is in the book, which including hiring 3-4 artists. So I’m not sure he stop making films because he couldn’t get the funding, since the impression is he got enough to pay for those guys to work for him for a while.

prepend 4y ago

Holy Mountain made $104k on a $750k budget [0]. Definitely not big chunks of money. I liked Holy Mountain and I like crazy stuff. I’m not sure how he got his projects funded but it’s not based on his box office success. El Topo also lost money. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film)

kranke155 4y ago
Hmmm from the Dune documentary Holy Mountain was a “hit”, particularly in Europe. That’s why he got funding to work on pre production for a Dune film, hired multiple artists to work on it for a period of time etc. The box office you’re quoting is from a re-issue. It says right there on the page. Again if you watch the Dune documentary, it’s stated there that: - holy Mountain did relatively well at the box office - that led producers to fund concept stage for his next idea, Dune If the documentary is innacurate I don’t know. But that’s there, from memory.
- prepend 4y ago
  It was a critical hit, but not financial. It’s an interesting movie and I’m glad it was made. I would never invest in it. Making Jodorowsky’s movies is like art patronage. Im not sure how the documentary producers substantiated their claim, so I linked to a pretty reputable source that describes the budget and box office.
  - kranke155 4y ago
    As I pointed out already, the Wikipedia page you linked says “re issue” under the profit