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El Topo
Cast
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Aráu View AllCrew
Alejandro Jodorowsky (Director) View All
Release: Dec. 18th, 1970
Runtime: 2 hours, 5 minutes
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El Topo
"El Topo" (The Mole) was written by, directed by, and stars Alejandro Jodorowsky. In addition Jodorowsky also contributed to the music, editing, and costumes of this midnight western. The wh...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly vs El Topo
I'm reading Roger Ebert's 2003 four star review. He refers to it as a great movie repeatedly while pointing out so many absurdities that it could be mistaken for a negative review if he had not done ...
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Iroquois
There's a fairly flat juxtaposition of religious subjects, with El Topo's journey being framed as one towards Zen enlightenment in a way that feeds into the film's vicious satire of Christianity (which is best exemplified by what is quite possibly the most messed-up game of Russian roulette in cinem....
pahaK
It gradually becomes more and more focused on religion, philosophy and mysticism and finally after El Topo is dragged away by the incestuous misfits it turns into something resembling Pasolini's films.
