--- description: The filmmaker's first work in 23 years arrives in theaters soon title: Jodorowsky The Dance of Reality Exclusive Video Clip: Father and Son image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Watch an Exclusive Clip From Jodorowsky's _The Dance of Reality_  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 19, 2014 3:16 PM CUT  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 19, 2014 3:16 PM CUT On May 23, the Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky will release his first film in over two decades: _The Dance of Reality,_ an autobiographical movie shot in the director’s own hometown. Though the film was based on his own experiences, Jodorowsky relies heavily on metaphor and myth to tell the story of his childhood, as seen through the lens of his belief that reality is created by the imagination. “To me, this film is like a mental atomic bomb,” the filmmaker says in his [notes](http://danceofrealitymovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/The-Dance-of-Reality-Press-Notes-v2.pdf "undefined") on the movie. “I have written books and invented a therapy called ‘psychomagic’ that involves acts to heal family-related childhood psychological problems. _The Dance of Reality_ is not just a film, but also a kind of family healing because three of my sons act in it. I am going back to the source of my childhood, to the same place where I grew up, in order to reinvent myself.” An exclusive sneak-peek clip from the film can be seen here. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/103331/video-jodorowsky-dance-of-reality/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/103331/video-jodorowsky-dance-of-reality/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Watch an Exclusive Clip From Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality","datePublished":"2014-05-19T15:16:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:53:53.813Z","description":"The filmmaker's first work in 23 years arrives in theaters soon","url":"https://time.com/103331/video-jodorowsky-dance-of-reality/","keywords":["movies","Exclusive","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/103331/video-jodorowsky-dance-of-reality/","name":"VIDEO: Watch an Exclusive Clip From Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality"}}]}] ```