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Seen on: 05/08/2010

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El Topo (1970)

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Drama

Most recently watched by noahphex, sleestakk

Overview

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

Rated NR | Length 125 minutes

Actors

Alfonso Aráu | Julián de Meriche | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Valerie Jodorowsky | Brontis Jodorowsky | José Legarreta | Bertha Lomelí | Agustín Isunza | David Silva | José Luis González de León | Gerardo Zepeda | René Barrera | Vicente Lara | Juan José Gurrola | Patricio Pereda | Víctor Fosado | José Luis Fernández | Ignacio Martínez España | Mara Lorenzio | Marcos E. Contreras | Cecilia Leger | Robert John | Pablo Leder | Arturo Silva | Pepita González | José Antonio Alcaraz | Eduardo Danel | Paula Romo | Jacqueline Luis | Héctor Martínez | Rueben Gonzales | René Alís | Ali Junco | Federico Gonzáles | Giuliano Girini Sasseroli | Cristian Merkel | Aldo Grumelli | Eliseo Gardea Saucedo | Carlos Lavenant | Eliseo Pereda | Pablo Marichal | Beatriz Beltrán Lobo | Carmen Lamadrid | Elvira Agosti | Antonio Álvarez | Víctor Manuel Osorio | José Pérez Bustos | Álvaro García | Felipe Díaz Garza | Francisco González Salazar | Pedro García

Viewing Notes

Reading online apparently Jodorowsky is the father of the midnight movie, when John Lennon and Yoko Ono had El Topo playing at midnight shows and it went on for a year.

I can’t imagine sitting through this until 2am, not because it’s bad but because it’s such a heady, strange film. There’s a ton to love about it, but I most certainly liked the first half way better than the 2nd. I just thought the whole gun fighter thing was more interesting than the 2nd half which seemed to deal with his redemption. In fact it really seems like 2 different movies in a lot of ways.

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