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El Topo (Spanish: [el ˈto.po], "The Mole") is a 1970 Mexican acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky.Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of Judeo-Christian symbolism and Eastern philosophy, the film is about El Topo—a violent, black-clad gunfighter played by Jodorowsky—and his ...
Apr 15, 1971 · El Topo: Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. With Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau. A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
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- Drama, Western
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- 1971-04-15
Oct 6, 2007 · Roger Ebert October 06, 2007. Tweet. Alejandro Jodorowsky in the title role of his 1970 movie, “El Topo,” and more recently (inset). The renowned director told Roger Ebert in 1989 that Allen Klein was waiting for him to die before putting “El Topo” in general circulation. Jodorowsky is still alive and the movie recently was released on DVD.
Jul 18, 2020 · Pre-order Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo 4K Restoration now on DVD and Blu-ray: https://abkco.lnk.to/eltopoEl Topo has been newly restored in stunning 4K fro...
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- ABKCO Records & Films
Rent El topo on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. By turns intoxicating and confounding, El Topo contains the creative multitudes that made writer-director Alejandro Jodorowsky such ...
- Western
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“El Topo” is a picaresque journey past the principal myths and symbols of human culture, shot in the style of an incredibly bloody, violent Italian Western. People are going to it for all sorts of reasons. As a greasy, grimy, gore-dripping Western, it works just fine, and not even the early Clint Eastwood films had so much sweat and sadism.