Good Movie

it was good pleasure to listen Jodorowski commentary after the movie..

Just a pompous Giallo

subat 11, ifistanbul 11, jodorowsky'nin soyleyisi ile & oedipux kompleksinin sinemadaki karsiligi. filmdeki her erkek biraz cocuk, her kadin biraz anne -- bazi simgeler fazla basit olarak kullanilmis olsa da (annenin kollari) kesinlikle mukemmel bir hayalgucunun urunu. filmin sevmedigim yani ise fonu surekli mesgul eden ve seyircinin duygusal yonelimini etkileyen muzik kullanimi. daha az muzik ile daha etkili olabilirdi? bastaki kilise sahnesi basli basina surrealizm akiminin anlam karsiligidir.

"Gorgeous, nightmarish, ethereal, and utterly insane. If your love affair with Jodorowsky hasn't started yet, now is the perfect time." - Rob Humanick

It's one of those movie; that after you finish watching it you will have a huge visible WTF stamp right on your forehead. Do I recommended? Are you okay with people who are diagnose with down syndrome doing cocaine? Then yes.

Bonus experience if you watch this at 3 am.

New favorite Jodorowsky! It doesn't feel any less bizarre then El Topo or Holy Mountain, but it does feel a lot less unhinged than those two, giving the whole thing a lot more weight. FFD refers to Jodorowsky as a poor man's Bunuel, and I generally find it hard to argue, but here I think he manages to pull off that particular style.

What the hell did I just watch?!?

81.500

Another beautiful masterpiece from the bizarre mind of Jodorowsky. This film creeps right down into your core, and fills it with horror and wonder. Santa Sangre touches upon the grotesque realities of life and death, and the very meaning of existence and redemption. The symbolic surrealism will haunt you and stick with you long after the film has ended.

Maybe the insane (or more sane?) other possible journey of Norman Bates.

Just your average story about a circus performer whose mother's arms are cut off, so he stands behind her and takes their place with his own. It plays out like most Julia Roberts movies you've seen.

"Santa Sangre" is perhaps the most beautiful and disturbing of all films by Jodorowsky. It tells the bizarre story of Phoenix, a young man whose life was marked by family tragedies. In his way, poetic and distorted echoes of Theatre, Circus, sexuality, instinct versus rationality, religious rites, all of this blended in an always surprising sequence of scary dives into the mysteries of Death and Life. This is an unforgettable and disconcerting experience, like most works of this master of cinema

"Jodorowsky's strange imagination is pulled slightly down to earth by Dario Argento's involvement, and the result is something that we can sink our teeth into... The only flaw is that at times it's too twisted just for shock value but the story comes together very well and the visuals never leave you."

The story isn't its strength; it's the surreal imagery that draws you in and holds you in a slightly uncomfortable grip for two hours. Freaky images set to moody music without any escape into normalcy makes for interesting viewing. Man, that elephant snout leaking blood... the Jesus pose while chickens rain from the sky... the acid-splashed crotch... those images are gonna linger in my brain for a while, that's for sure.

Not the type of vanguard that fails to miss.

I remember this movie was very, very impressive 10 years ago. Would like to review it once again.

Such a strange film. Jodorowsky is a master of surreality. Incredibly disturbing.

I don't think the standard narrative structure serves El Jodo's visions as well as surrealism can. When his wild creativity is pinned down by anything more than the loosest of plots, it's stifling. This is still a good film, but not nearly as impressive as El Topo and The Holy Mountain.

I can see why this film wasn't included in the Jodorowsky DVD collection. It is his weakest effort. Imagine a cross of Psycho and a few other horror flicks redone through Jodorowsky's trademark surrealist lens, but with utter clarity and linearity. Too slow and never compelling enough, the film has at best a couple of shots that live up to the standard that Jodorowsky has created with his other work.

Jodorowsky does a brilliant job of developing character and establishing symbols and metaphors, and the end result is disturbing and strangely fascinating.

Hard to watch, but possibly the best film to start acquaintance with Jodorovsky - at least it has a plot...

Not as incoherent as El Topo or Holy Mountain, which works both for and against it. Incoherence is part of the charm of a Jodorowski flick, and this one doesn't have a whole lot of that. Don't get me wrong, there's some bizarre stuff going on, but for the most part it's pretty obvious what's happening and what things mean. On the other hand, it's nice to watch a movie that clearly has a point to it, and a meaningful, poignant point at that, not to mention characters you care about.

Absolute classic. Wonderfully insane

Pure Jodorowsky: strange, symbolic, religious, alienating and brilliant.