Endless Poetry

Name: Endless Poetry
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Released: July 14, 2017
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Adan Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ali Ahmad Sa'Id Esber, Basti, Brontis Jodorowsky

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| Release Date: July 14, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Adan Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ali Ahmad Sa'Id Esber, Basti, Brontis Jodorowsky, Carolyn Carlson, Jeremias Herskovits, Julia Avendaño, Leandro Taub, Pamela Flores

Summary: Through Alejandro Jodorowsky's autobiographical lens, Endless Poetry narrates the years of the Chilean artist's youth during which he liberated himself from all of his former limitations, from his family, and was introduced into the foremost bohemian artistic circle of 1940s Chile where he met Enrique Lihn, Stella Diaz Varin, NicanorThrough Alejandro Jodorowsky's autobiographical lens, Endless Poetry narrates the years of the Chilean artist's youth during which he liberated himself from all of his former limitations, from his family, and was introduced into the foremost bohemian artistic circle of 1940s Chile where he met Enrique Lihn, Stella Diaz Varin, Nicanor Parra... at the time promising young but unknown artists who would later become the titans of twentieth-century Hispanic literature. He grew inspired by the beauty of existence alongside these beings, exploring life together, authentically and freely. A tribute to Chile's artistic heritage, Endless Poetry is also an ode to the quest for beauty and inner truth, as a universal force capable of changing one's life forever, written by a man who has dedicated his life and career to creating spiritual and artistic awareness across the globe.… Expand

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 128 min

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jul 14, 2017

Endless Poetry is as galvanizing as a lightning rod because it's equally accepting, and intolerant, a pro-individualist work about celebrating and cultivating yourself. Read full review

The Film Stage Ed Frankl

May 26, 2016

The final sequences about loss, and art as a “cure” (in Jodorowsky’s own words), are heart-wrenchingly powerful. Read full review

Dave White

Jul 14, 2017

The filmmaker’s outsize, and sometimes unnerving, stylistic choices jump into the frame and vanish just as quickly. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

May 21, 2016

Jodorowsky keeps circling back to the question of who he is and how poetry is inextricably linked with how he experiences the world. Read full review

Pat Padua

Jul 27, 2017

Tinged with madness and heartbreak, Endless Poetry is the unmistakable byproduct of, as the character of Alejandro puts it, “a heart capable of loving the entire world.” Read full review

Allan Hunter

May 21, 2016

If the film exasperates and exhausts, which it does, there is also the knowledge that before too long there will also be moments of surreal comedy, freewheeling invention and genuine tenderness. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Jul 20, 2017

Mainly for those who already know and like Jodorowsky’s work. Read full review

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Ananisapta

Oct 27, 2018

Liberal arts majors may find this movie a rare treat; others will likely feel profoundly disoriented. It is full of insider humor and perplexing imagery that cannot be fully understood.

What is it like to grow up a poet in Chile during the fifties? Coming from a nice Jewish family that,Liberal arts majors may find this movie a rare treat; others will likely feel profoundly disoriented. It is full of insider humor and perplexing imagery that cannot be fully understood.

What is it like to grow up a poet in Chile during the fifties? Coming from a nice Jewish family that, stereotypically, thinks only of money, with a dad who fears homosexuality more than the Devil, how do you assert an artistic identity? Falling into a social circle of profoundly original characters, how do you remain yourself as they pull you in all directions? In this sense, the film is a bildungsroman... and if you don't know that word, you don't belong.

From my perspective as an older white guy who graduated from Oberlin in the sixties, it's an exhilarating time capsule that also honestly reflects our efforts to understand our youth as we grow older. Prudish people who like a well-organized story in English should stay away!… Expand

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KaptenVideo

Aug 1, 2017

88 year old art, poetry, movie, theatre and spirituality guru Alejandro Jodorowsky returns with another bonkers screen story about his youth, which does not resemble any other thing you may be used to catching at your local multiplex.
Jodorowsky’s younger self is played by his 37 year old88 year old art, poetry, movie, theatre and spirituality guru Alejandro Jodorowsky returns with another bonkers screen story about his youth, which does not resemble any other thing you may be used to catching at your local multiplex.
Jodorowsky’s younger self is played by his 37 year old son Adan – think Andy Samberg without a stupid grin – and the story narrates the artist’s youth during which he liberated himself from all of his former limitations, including strict parents, and was introduced into the bohemian artistic circle of 1940s Chile.
If you are like me – familiar mostly with mainstream cinema and not familiar with Jodorowsky at all – „Poesía sin fin“ („Endless Poetry“) will be most curious experience indeed.
The 128-minute journey resembles experimental play rather than movies as we like to think about them in traditional sense, but in this case, it’s a good thing.
The resulting comic-dramatic-weirdness explosion is packing so many enjoyable things and details to digest that only very smart people really „get it“, probably. But first and foremostly, art is not for the mind, and just by watching I can tell that the movie has lot of heart.
It could probably benefit from being shorter, the last third feels a bit stretched out – maybe because the visual side feels so rich and inventive that it wears many down eventually. But the whole thing is so unusual and good-weird that it’s easy to recommend it.
If you watch at least ten minutes from the start, you will know if this kind of thing is right for you. Even if it’s not your cup of tea, you would probably like some parts of Jodorowsky’s seemingly endless inventiveness and wackiness.
It may go on for too long, but the ending is powerful, especially if you are familiar with depth psychology and symbolics related with it.
Jodorowsky is. During his colorful life, the man has founded his own therapeutic practice psychomagic which uses aspects of eastern philosophies, mysticism and psychoanalysis to heal patients with emotional problems. You know, just saying.… Expand

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