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  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 13 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 13 m

Summary After a 23-year hiatus, The Dance of Reality marks the triumphant return of Alejandro Jodorowsky, the visionary Chilean filmmaker behind cult classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain. In the radiantly visceral autobiographical film, a young Jodorowsky is confronted by a collection of compelling characters that contributed to his burgeoning...

Directed By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Written By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 13 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • ABKCO Films
  • 2 h 13 m

The Dance of Reality

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
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Summary After a 23-year hiatus, The Dance of Reality marks the triumphant return of Alejandro Jodorowsky, the visionary Chilean filmmaker behind cult classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain. In the radiantly visceral autobiographical film, a young Jodorowsky is confronted by a collection of compelling characters that contributed to his burgeoning...

Directed By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Written By: Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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24% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
May 23, 2014
The result will no doubt polarize viewers, as has been the case with his other major works, but it will certainly go down amongst those who see it as one of the most unforgettable films of this or any other year in recent memory.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
90
May 20, 2014
The Dance of Reality may be Alejandro Jodorowsky's best film, and certainly, in a filmography top-heavy with freak-show hyperbole and symbology stew, the one most invested in narrative meaning.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW

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26% Negative
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80
May 21, 2014
A full-bodied and mischievous autobiography in the spirit of Federico Fellini’s "Amarcord," Alejandro Jodorowsky’s return to filmmaking after 28 years of financial frustration explodes with great ideas.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
75
May 30, 2014
The 85-year-old Chilean-born auteur returns this week with his latest directorial attempt, The Dance of Reality, an intensely personal, deeply felt, if at times solipsistic autobiographical work about his childhood in Tocopilla, a seaside town at the edge of the Chilean desert.
By Tirdad Derakhshani FULL REVIEW
70
May 20, 2014
It’s more gentle and fanciful in tone, and though it’s as episodic and digressive as Jodorowsky’s best-known work, the various pieces add up to a clear, not-so-odd narrative.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
60
May 22, 2014
Jodorowsky turns his own youth into an odd, hypnotic mishmash.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
50
May 19, 2014
Alejandro Jodorowsky never manages to transcend the sense that he's indulging himself and participating in a hollow introspection unworthy of his prior cinema.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Le Soleil Films, Camera One
Release Date May 23, 2014
Duration 2 h 13 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/HomenajeALaDanzaDeLaRealidad
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Awards

Bildrausch Filmfest Basel
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)
• 2 Nominations
Prix Saint-Germain
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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