Few directors made films that seemed almost engineered to play exclusively to midnight movie audiences quite likeAlejandro Jodorowsky.
What Is ‘El Topo’ About?
(Seriously, What Is This Western About?)
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The twotravel the wastelandin search of food and water, which El Topo is able to summonthrough faith alone.
He goes about this mission but is dismayed when the last gunman takes his own life.
Wounded by gunshots, El Topo wipes out the town before immolating himself.
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This survival classic is in a class of its own.
When he is shot by the Woman in Black, El Topo’s wounds resemble Jesus' stigmata.
What is El Topo seeking in the desert?
But that doesn’t mean the trip can’t be fun.
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