El Topo (2-DVD)
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El Topo (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 16, 2021
- Originally Released: 1970
- Label: ABKCO
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
Performer: | Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, David Silva, Gerardo Zepeda, José Luis Fernández & Alfonso Arau | |
Directed by | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
Screenwriting by | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
Composition by | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A- --
[VIDEO ESSAY] For all of its easily mocked elements, "El Topo" is a work of mad cinematic genius that sticks.
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ColeSmithey.com
The film is by turns comic and profound, hysterical and pompous, fully complex enough to deserve more than a simple yea or nay.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
It's a bizarre head-trip festival of occult psychedelia, heatstroke visuals, Age-of-Aquarius nude dancing and violence through poster-paint fake blood splattered about the place.
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Guardian
Rating: 3/5 --
Without the aid of mind-expanding narcotics though, El Topo can't help looking laughably ramshackle, the combination of bad dubbing, shoddy camerawork and over-the-top performances making it pretty much unwatchable by modern standards.
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BBC.com
It remains an aesthetically intoxicating trip.
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Time Out
... the story of 'El Topo' proves too scattered and weak to bear its digressions and vague symbols that suggest everything, anything and nothing.
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Forget about the cosmic significance: it is the work of a talented film-maker, and full of memorable scenes.
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The Spectator
Product Description:
With its combination of surreal imagery and assault on the ideals of the Western, EL TOPO may appear to be equal parts Luis Buñuel and Sam Peckinpah, but it's all Alejandro Jodorowsky. In addition to his directing duties, Jodorowsky contributes to the film's writing, music, editing, and costumes, as well as starring as El Topo ("the Mole"). El Topo journeys across the desert to battle a group of gunfighters, but it's not the plot that's important in this midnight movie classic. The masterful blend of brutal violence and beautiful images make Jodorowsky's film essential viewing for anyone looking beyond the offerings of the megaplex. Decades have passed since its first screening, but EL TOPO hasn't lost any of its ability to shock and amaze.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 107,389
- UPC: 038781132894
- Shipping Weight: 0.21/lbs (approx)
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