El Topo has been given credit as the first in the long line of "Midnight Movies," populated by films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead, and Pink Flamingos. The film has also been locked away for almost 30 years due to legal disputes, and has only now finally been re-released. Alejandoro Jodorowsky certainly made El Topo a unique and thought provoking film, as well as a real head scratcher.El Topo chronicles a man named El Topo (the mole) who is an expert gun fighter and saviour. He is led astray by a woman who pushed him to go to the desert to fight the greatest gun fighters in the world and kill them, to become the greatest of them all. With each fight El Topo learns more about himself until finally in the end he decides to give up his gun and serve to free a clan of underground dwellers trapped by the townspeople above.
Once again as with Sweet Movie this is a huge generalization of a very complex and difficult film. The film is filled with religious symbols, psychological exploration, and violence. El Topo is God, El Topo is us, El Topo is the devil. The film has a very loose narrative structure, giving it time to explore more complex and difficult territory.
Check this one out if you're in the mood for something truly unique and difficult. This one's for fans of David Lynch, Harmony Korine, Shinya Tsukomoto etc.
Gore- medium
Nudity - some
Overall - 7/10
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