Endless Poetry

This self-reflexive ode to following muses, finding meaning in nothingness, and transcending the sensitive roadblocks between fathers and sons is loopy, irreverent, and more intensely personal than anything its mystic creator has invented before.

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This sequel to “The Dance of Reality” continues the fantastic journey of the legendary filmmaker’s screen autobiography.

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Having left provincial Tocopilla for 1940s Santiago, Alejandro Jodorowsky (Adan Jodorowsky) abandons his misanthropic shopkeeper father Jaime (Brontis Jodorowsky) and timid mother Sara (Pamela Flores) to learn about life and love, while pursuing his poetic aspirations in the Chilean capital's bohemian quarter.

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Bursting with gusto and energy, the second part of the director’s autobiographical trilogy is as bewildering as a laudanum dream.

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The latest film from Chilean octogenarian and maverick director Alejandro Jodorowsky ('El Topo'), shot by Christopher Doyle, premiered in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight.

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Endless Poetry returns cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky to his favorite subject: himself.

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For most of it, though, the Chilean maestro foregoes his signature fantastical flourishes for a more straightforward depiction of his uprooted 20s.

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The images in Endless Poetry are arresting and sometimes disturbing, but there is an earnest commitment to ecstasy and authenticity that renders moot any question of offensiveness or exploitation.

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Endless Poetry eventually, like young Alejandro, opens itself up to the world in all of its beauty and complexities.

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A brilliantly nonsensical journey of loopy carnival excess.

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