El Topo
119 minutes,
USA (1970), 18
A black-clad gunslinger's journey toward enlightenment involves killing four holy masters and liberating a subterranean community of freaks. Alejandro Jodorowsky's mystical western transformed him into a countercultural icon and kick-started the 'midnight movie' boom
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El Topo: "The mole (el topo) is an animal that digs tunnels underground, searching for the sun. Sometimes his journey leads him to the surface. When he looks at the sun, he is blinded."
Preachy, pretentious and baffling - El Topo is one of cinema's most radical and single-minded visions...
Read the El Topo full reviewPreachy, pretentious and baffling - El Topo is one of cinema's most radical and single-minded visions...

