There have been many rumors circulating about Marilyn Manson's film
project, "Holy Wood." We are pleased to not only update this site but to
answer some of those questions exclusively here today. After months of
negotiating with film companies, Marilyn Manson has come to a final
decision. While several companies had expressed interest in making the
film, Manson felt it most important to retain his artistic vision, not to modify
it. In light of the unprecedented and controversial nature of "Holy Wood",
Manson has taken the following steps to present his creation to you on his
own terms.
"HOLY WOOD (IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY OF DEATH)" will be
the official title of the new album.
Shortly after the album's release this fall, Manson will be publishing the
book, Holy Wood, which he began writing in 1995 and was the inspiration
for the screenplay and the new album. This graphic and phantasmagoric
novel will be the first piece of fiction to accompany a concept album. (This
will be Manson's second book, his first, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell,
was a New York Times Best Seller).
This will be followed by a fine art coffee-table book of images created for
and inspired by both the album and the novel Holy Wood.
In regards to the look and feel of the new marilynmanson.net website, the
novel's protagonist, Adam Kadmon, plays a crucial role in Manson's body
of work. This character is inspired by the alchemical Adam Kadmon, who
was thought to be an androgyne much like the one Manson portrayed on
the cover of "MECHANICAL ANIMALS". Some have recently noticed that
his last album was in fact an anagram: "Marilyn Manson is an alchemical
man."
The new album is centered on Adam, who has experienced the subject
matter of both "ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR" and "MECHANICAL
ANIMALS". This third and final piece of a musical trilogy is the backdrop
to the story of "HOLY WOOD", which is thought to be the darkest and
heaviest offering from Manson to date.
Manson states,
"As you look for your own answers, you'll find Mercury, the number fifteen,
Adam and even something as obscure as Fibonacci, all have relevance as
"Holy Wood" unfolds before you. This is something I've been picking at for
ten years and I hope it inspires you onto your own transformation."
