EL TOPO [BLU-RAY] [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1970
• Genre: Western
• Plot: John Lennon championed him, Dennis Hopper used him and Marilyn Manson loves him. Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of cinema's most controversial and influential filmmakers. In 1968 his scandalous debut FANDO Y LIS caused a riot in Mexico. His ultra-violent underground hit EL TOPO dragged the hippy generation into the '70s, single-handedly invented the American Midnight Movie phenomenon and transformed its creator into a counterculture icon. With THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, his pop-alchemical follow-up, Jodorowsky tore apart the very fabric of film. After 35 years in the wilderness, the maverick visionary is back to shock and bedazzle audiences all over again. ; - Ben Cobb, 'Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky ; ; EL TOPO It was the landmark cult film that began the whole Midnight Movie phenomena of the counterculture crazy 1970s. EL TOPO was the most talked about, most controversial quasi-Western head trip ever made, transforming the way risk-taking audiences, seeking mainstream Hollywood alternatives, watched edgy underground films. Classic Americana and avant-garde European cinema sensibilities meet Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and cosmic mystic El Topo (played by writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky) must defeat his four sharp-shooting rivals on an ever-increasingly bizarre path to allegorical self-enlightenment and surreal resurrection. ; -Alan Jones ;
• Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Brontis Jodorowsky; José Legarreta; Alfonso Arau; José Luis Fernández; Ali 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; Paula Romo; Bertha Lomelí; Juan José Gurrola; Víctor Fosado; Agustín Isunza; Jacqueline Luis; Carlos Lavenant; Eliseo Pereda; Pablo Marichal; Beatriz Beltrán Lobo; Carmen Lamadrid; Pepita González; Cecilia Leger; Elvira Agosti; Antonio Álvarez; Rueben Gonzáles; Víctor Manuel Osorio; José Pérez Bustos; Eduardo Danel; Álvaro García; José Antonio Alcaraz; Felipe Díaz Garza; Patricio Pereda; Marcos E. Contreras; Arturo Silva; Robert John; Julián de Meriche; Valerie Tremblay; José Luis González de León; Francisco González Salazar; Pedro García; Skeleton; Rafael Corkidi; Federico Landeros; José Durán
• Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Runtime: 2:04
• Company: ABKCO Films
• Media Format: Movie