Rent El Topo (1970)
3.2 of 5 from 149 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
- With 'El Topo', Alejandro Jodorowsky gave birth to the countercultural phenomenon of the Midnight Movie and carved out a place in history as one of cinema's most unique and visionary filmmakers, impressing John Lennon and Yoko Ono so much that they enthusiastically endorsed the film at one of its first New York screenings. Part Luis Bunuel, part Sergio Leone, this bizarre, ultra-violent Western features a brutal, black-clad gunslinger who, accompanied by his young son, sets off on a murderous mission to challenge four zen masters of gun-fighting. When his mission is complete he then goes on a quest for peace and personal redemption, but finds that death is never far away.
- Actors:
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau, José Luis Fernández, Alf Junco, Gerardo Zepeda, René Barrera, René Alís, Federico Gonzáles, Vicente Lara, Pablo Leder, Giuliano Girini Sasseroli, Cristian Merkel, Aldo Grumelli, Mara Lorenzio, David Silva, Ignacio Martínez España, Eliseo Gardea Saucedo, Héctor Martínez
- Directors:
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Producers:
- Mick Gochanour
- Writers:
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Aka:
- El topo / The Mole / The Gopher
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- 21 Reasons to Love, 21 Reasons to Love..Modern Westerns, Best Film Quests and Adventures, Films by Genre, New waves of Latin American Cinema, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Brian De Palma, What to watch by country
- Countries:
- Mexico
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/08/2020
- Run Time:
- 124 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, French, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Jodorowsky Remembers 'El Topo' new interview
- Newly filmed introduction with Richard Pena
- A Conversation with The Son of El Topo, a newly filmed, extensive interview with Brontis Jodorowsky who stars in El Topo
- The Father of Midnight Movies, an archival interview with Jodorowsky filmed in 2007
- Original trailer
- Image galleries
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Reviews (3) of El Topo
Cult Classic - El Topo review by CP Customer
Too many films are dubbed cult or underground classics nowadays. Chances are you've never heard of El Topo, but this is one film deserving of the headline.
Full of imaginative imagery and a spellbinding storyline, this is one western adventure that shuns the typical Hollywood dynamic. This film confirmed the arrival of a brilliant new talent in Alejandro Jodorowsky. For years it existed by word of mouth and the midnight circuit, gaining new life on video and now DVD.
This is a film worthy of your time.
3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
no topo - El Topo review by CP Customer
a violent and low attempt to collect together a series of visual shocks that the counter culture of 70s america found 'monumental'.
hippies freaking out at their own liberation zzzz sex and violence down the mines..
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Weird Wild and Dated - El Topo review by TE
On the truly positive side, the Mexican settings are wonderful. Maybe Jodorowsky should have made landscape documentaries.
There are also many moments of inspired, stoned humour and surreal imagery.
On the cheesy but amusing side there's lots of very fake gore and absurd jump cutting. Also a tinny and bombastic soundtrack that ramps up the melodrama.
On the negative side, there is an overwhelming sense of an egomaniac at work, a man with a Jesus complex spilling his half-baked ideas in a self-indulgent rampage. And the sexual politics are embarrassingly dated.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.