Jodorowsky dazzles us with such delicate mythological footwork that the violence becomes distanced, somehow, and we accept it like the slaughters in the Old Testament.
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10/23/04
El Topo (1970)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:23
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.7/10
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Reviews for El Topo
Top CriticNo review available.
04/28/04
Message to Allen Klein: please put this film back into official release.
04/22/04
The most bizarre western you're ever likely to see.
11/07/03
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06/09/03
Sceptical audieneces may feel there is not much to Jodorowsky's daring juxtapostions, and watching El Topo one often has the feeling of intruding on someone's bad and highly personal dream.
05/24/03
I remain unconvinced that even Jodorowsky knew then or knows now exactly what it all was trying to say.
02/16/03
This could quite possibly be the strangest film you'll ever watch. And I mean that in the best possible way. Track this one down.
08/08/02
The surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky created his own midnight cult version of the Spaghetti Western which, once seen, is not easily forgotten. Some of his macabre and mystical images linger, both fascinating and strange.
07/11/02
An extravagant hodgepodge of hand-me-down surrealism, mysticism, Italian westerns, theater of cruelty, and Buñuel -- more enjoyable for its unending string of outrages than for its capacity to make coherent sense.
07/11/02
Top CriticThe film is a veritable grab-bag of traits that may appeal to different viewers. As a whole, the film is likely to provide faults as well as triumphs.
07/11/02
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