Jodorowsky Remastered!

the restored versions are also shown at the Cannes film festival

Since they are probably striking new prints for the Cannes screenings of Top and Mountain...Always a good thing for DVD releases.

Now if only they would strike a DVD from the TIFF 'Open Vault' print of "THE ROWDYMAN"...

ABOUT TIME

This is wonderful news, but any idea what region these will be available in ?? Probably Europe ... Damn I hate Europe. Getting everything cool.

This is wonderful news, but any idea what region these will be available in ?? Probably Europe ... Damn I hate Europe. Getting everything cool.

This is MAJOR news. I never would have expected this to happen while Allen Klein was still alive but I guess he's made peace with Jodorowsky in his old age.

This is great news. Took them long enough!

I've heard rumors about this plus Jodorowsky talking about it on the festival circuit for the past 2 years. I'll believe it when I see it. Also, if they have HD masters they better also release them on HD and not crappy DVDs!

Just the news about the eventual release of Jodorowsky films on dvd are motive for rejoicing. Any concerns about regional coding in this time of multiple players capable of reading any zone are, certainly, a minor problem. But whay about if thsi films are released on HD or Blue Ray?, nobody is talking abut this new formats and the way they're gonna handle regional coding.

Calling all Jodorowsky fans... Tartan UK are releasing their Fando y Lis/El Topo/The Holy Mountain boxset on May 14th and its shaping up to be a stunning package. The 6-disc set includes Jodo's long-lost short La Cravate, audio commentaries with the director and soundtracks for both El Topo and The Holy Mountain. Not to mention the jaw-dropping remastered films themselves (they have even managed to source an English audio track for El Topo)... Check below for the full specs. I will be contributing the liner notes for the films.

Tartan have also exclusively commissioned Graham Humphreys (the man behind the UK artwork for Santa Sangre and The Evil Dead) to design the cover art. Here's a sneak preview of an early rough draft:

Check out my MySpace page (www.myspace.com/bansheeben) for more information, frequent updates and details on how to get your hands on one of only 50 special edition copies - signed by Jodo - of my book 'Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky' (Creation Books)...

Zoom-back. This is maya!

EL TOPO
1970, 125 mins, Colour, Original 1.33:1
Stand-alone release May 14 / Boxset May 14
• Digitally remastered and restored from the original negatives
• Fully uncut and uncensored for the first time
• Optimum bitrate for outstanding playback quality
• Original Spanish Audio (Dolby 2.0 / Dolby 5.1)
• Original English Audio Option (Dolby 2.0)
• Newly created optional English subtitles
• First official UK release
• UK DVD premiere
• DVD includes:
Feature-length Jodorowsky Audio Commentary
Original Theatrical Trailer
Jodorowsky on EL TOPO

HOLY MOUNTAIN
1973, 115 mins, Colour, Anamorphic 2.35:1
Stand-alone release May 14 / Boxset May 14
• Digitally remastered and restored from original negatives
• Fully uncut and uncensored for the first time
• Optimum bitrate for outstanding playback quality
• Original English Audio (Dolby 2.0 / Dolby 5.1)
• First official UK release
• UK DVD premiere
• DVD includes:
Feature-length Jodorowsky Audio Commentary
Original Theatrical Trailer
Restoration featurette
‘The Tarot’ featurette
Deleted Scenes with Jodorowsky Audio Commentary

FANDO & LIS
1968, 95 mins, B&W, Letterboxed 1.66:1
Boxset only, May 14
• Digitally remastered and restored from the best available sources
• Optimum bitrate for outstanding playback quality
• Newly-created optional English subtitles
• UK premiere release
• DVD includes:
Feature-length Jodorowsky Audio Commentary
Jodorowsky’s rare 1957 short LA CRAVATE (21 mins, Colour, no dialogue), digitally remastered and restored from the best available sources
Restoration featurette for FANDO & LIS
Restoration featurette for LA CRAVATE

LA CONSTELLATION JODOROWSKY
Boxset only, May 14
• 90 minute documentary by Louis Mouchet in which Jodorowsky talks at length about his life and his work as a film-maker, graphic novelist and renowned and celebrated Tarot reader. Includes extensive coverage from the famously unrealised DUNE project.

EL TOPO Soundtrack CD
Boxset only
• Track details TBC
• First ever CD release (originally released on Apple vinyl)

HOLY MOUNTAIN Soundtrack CD
Boxset only
• Track details TBC
• First ever release

N.B. - boxset will contain 6 discs. FANDO & LIS/LA CRAVATE, LA CONSTELLATION JODOROWSKY and the CDs will be exclusive to box.