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Movie Overview
Cast
• Alejandro Jodorowsky
Director
• Alejandro Jodorowsky
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
El Topo (1970)

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OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh
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"a mystic trip through political, religious and philosophical terrains, gunning down all normative notions of what the western - or indeed Western civilisation - is supposed to be."  Eye for Film  Anton Bitel

4/5
"haunting and haunted, flitting at the edges of Jodorowsky's masculine fantasy"  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

C
"Everything about this mystical trip smacks of narcissism, even the scenes where the filmmaker is lowering himself in acts of self-deprecation."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

5/5
"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."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Jeremiah Kipp

"Message to Allen Klein: please put this film back into official release."  Film Threat  Phil Hall

"The 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."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor

8/10
"While I truly do doubt that modern viewer will have much use for Jodorowsky's dated spiritual philosophy, the style with wich he expresses that philosophy is often quite exciting."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh
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