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  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 8 m

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, Nicanor Par...

Directed By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Written By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 8 m

Endless Poetry

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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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, Nicanor Par...

Directed By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Written By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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100
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.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
90
Jul 13, 2017
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.
By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 13, 2017
To describe Endless Poetry as self-indulgent would be entirely accurate and not even remotely insulting.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 13, 2017
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.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
67
May 21, 2016
Once it ends, you may be panting from exhaustion while still appreciating that Endless Poetry is greater than the sum of its parts as it feels naturally necessary and appropriately organic to the series.
By Nikola Grozdanovic FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 20, 2017
Mainly for those who already know and like Jodorowsky’s work.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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6% Negative
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Production Company Le Pacte, Le Soleil Films, Openvizor, Satori Films
Release Date Jul 14, 2017
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.poesiasinfin.com/
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Awards

San Francisco International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Munich Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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