El topo
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Synopsis
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Cast
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Brontis Jodorowsky
- José Legarreta
- Alfonso Arau
- José Luis Fernández
- Ali Junco
- Gerardo Zepeda
- René Barrera
- René Alís
- Federico Gonzáles
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- Jun 5, 2015
Things Jodorowsky loves: - Acid - Disabled people - Hurting animals Things Jodorowsky hates: - Animals - The Illuminati
Simon RamshawMar 5, 2014The New York Times contacted me today for background about my review of El Topo that was published in the L.A. Free Press on April 23, 1971. They provided me with a scan of the article, and I'm reposting it here. Maybe 43 years later its verbiage is a little…
Ken RudolphJul 7, 2014Jodorowsky's Dunes
Joe - Oct 3, 2016
The Good, The Bad and The Peyote.
EnteredTheVoidSep 3, 2012Erm...I'm going to put down in this review what I thought of this film as I was watching it, and see what I come out with: Nice scenery. In Western times, being 7 years old was considered to be the age at which you become a man? Repetitive credits. Massacre, massacre,…
Simon RamshawApr 17, 2021“El Topo” is a collage of images plastered with sticky blood to a wall. But every time you think you’re just about to get a good hard look at it - the pictures shuffle around, and the search for meaning begins again. It’s immediately clear in watching “El Topo” why the…
theriverjordan - Jul 13, 2026
Your brain chemistry will be altered. 95/100
JaredApr 20, 2005the ultimate surrealistic cinema. a ride into madness. el cine brutalisco.
shookoneSep 29, 2017When I think of a single word I would use to describe El Topo, I would say "almost." It's almost good. Every single scene has something good, until it always veers off in the wrong direction- it almost worked. Hell, I think if you cut an hour out of this movie, you could…
Evan “Raymond Gun-Virus” Pincus
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edu rovalo likedEl TopoSlow but enjoyable, weird but interesting story with smooth dialogues, poetic i should say. Very nice photography as well. More like an artistic and experimental film. Not recommended if you get bored easily, if not be my guest. 8/10
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El Topo is never boring, but neither does it hit the trippy heights of something like The Saragossa Manuscript, or the best of Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini. And with its emphasis on one virile stud's journey to manhood—with women grasping at his cloak—El Topo isn't just drippily New Age-y, it also offers the kind of stealthy paternalism common to the counterculture.
Noel Murray
The A.V. Club
One of the classic midnight movies of the Pink Flamingos -- Rocky Horror era, star-director Jodorowsky's metaphysical western about a violent wanderer plays like an especially gun-crazy Sergio Leone saga filtered through several layers of radical European/Latin American cinema and Christian and Buddhist mysticism. Zero cool in its day, it remains a striking film oddity. [16 Feb 2007, p.C4]
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is El topo (1970)?
The movie is 2hr 5min long.
What's El topo (1970) about?
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Who's the cast of El topo (1970)?
- Alejandro Jodorowsky as El Topo
- Brontis Jodorowsky as Hijo, Topo's son
- José Legarreta as Moribundo
- Alfonso Arau as Bandido 1
- José Luis Fernández as Bandido 2
- Ali Junco as Bandido 3
- Gerardo Zepeda as Bandido 4
- René Barrera as Bandido 5
- René Alís as Bandido 6
- Federico Gonzáles as Bandido 7
Who's the director behind El topo (1970)?
Alejandro Jodorowsky directed El topo (1970).
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