Alejandro Jodorowsky Is Funding New Film 'Endless Poetry' On Kickstarter

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Director Alejandro Jodorowsky turned to Kickstarter on February 15, 2015 in order to raise funds for his next film, Endless Poetry. He aims to turn your money in to poetry.

"Jodorowsky thinks that all money should be transformed into poetry. And so that is what he will do with this Kickstarter project.

No matter what level you pledge at, Jodorowsky will exchange your pledge into his brand new Poetic Money (DINERO POETICO) and send it back to you.

This money can't be spent on any material goods -- only on the poetry of the universe," reads the official Kickstarter campaign.

For every 1US$ pledged, you receive 1DP (Dinero Poetico) in return, and each bill contains an original money-related poem by Jodorowsky.

Other rewards include a digital or printed film poster, access to the film streamed online, a stream of a Jodorowsky tarot reading, your name in the film's end credits, and an invitation to attend one of the film premieres.

"Our world is suffering from a devastating absence of poetry. Naively we sometimes hope to reconnect with it through film. But the greed-riddled industry, having colonized this magnificent art form, has done everything to strip it of its poetic power," reads the Kickstarter campaign's official statement.

"With this film, Jodorowsky directs his energy more than ever into creating a film that can serve as a vehicle for awaking consciousness.

It is our duty to enable all efforts to fight the powers that insist on lowering cinema to just a product in a commercial market. "

After a 23 year hiatus, Jodorowsky released The Dance of Reality in 2013 based on the first half of his autobiography describing his early life in Tocopilla, Chile.

He is best known for creating cult classics El Topo (1969) and Holy Mountain (1973). Endless Poetry will be filmed in Santiago de Chile from July to August 2015, and is set to be ready for release in February 2016.

The goal for the Kickstarter is $350,000, while the total budget is estimated to be about three million dollars.

Listen to Jodorowsky's statement: