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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
by 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 agoHmmm 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 agoIt 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 agoAs I pointed out already, the Wikipedia page you linked says “re issue” under the profit